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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Walter de Knapton, collector of the great custom at Berwick-upon-Tweed; William Thirtwyt,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E801
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This record is about the Walter de Knapton, collector of the great custom at Berwick-upon-Tweed; William Thirtwyt,... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1318] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/327/E801
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter de Knapton, collector of the great custom at Berwick-upon-Tweed; William Thirtwyt, collector of the great custom at Berwick-upon-Tweed; John de Croydon, collector of the great custom at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
- Name(s)
- de Knapton; Thirtwyt; de Croydon, Walter; William; John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- collector of the great custom at Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Nature of request
- The collectors state that they assigned Walkington to be their clerk, and he left together with their rolls of their receipts, and they are now distrained to render their account, and they are not able to do this without their clerk. They request that it is commanded that their clerk be distrained to render account
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face].John de Croydon sued this bill.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Walkyngton (Walkington).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1307-c. 1318 as the petition seems very likely to be in Edward II's reign, and before the recapture of Berwick by the Scots. It seems likely that the petition is earlier in this date range.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682796/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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