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Merchants and others of the community (la commune) travelling between Chester and...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/5/236

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Reference
SC 8/5/236
Date
[1322]
Description
Petitioners
Merchants and others of the community (la commune) travelling between Chester and London or elsewhere.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioners state that the king's highway called Longford, leading from Chester to London and other towns in the area, because of the marshy area and rising water levels, is flooded and destroyed to a greater degree than previously, to the extent that no-one can pass without danger and several people have been drowned. They request pontage to last at the king's will, in order to build bridges and causeways.
Nature of endorsement
A writ is to be sent to the sheriff of Shropshire to enquire into whether any particular person is responsible for the upkeep of the road, and if so, who, and in what way. If not, there is to be an enquiry into whether it is to the harm or prejudice of the king or others, or to the benefit of the people of those parts or of travellers if the king grants pavage for the repair of the road. He is then to be informed, so that he can further do what is necessary.
Places mentioned
Cestre (Chester), [Cheshire]
London
Bletcheleye (Bletchley), Shropshire
Neuport (Newport), Shropshire
Loungeford (Longford), [Shropshire]
Note
The petition is dated to 1322 on the basis of the dating of SC 8/5/240.
Related material

For transcript, see no.17 of PRO 31/7/95

For another petition on the same matter, see SC 8/5/240

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1662
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.137 (grant of pontage for three years to Hugh de Say, William de Heyshagh and Robert Parlebien)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060356/

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