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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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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This record is about the Merchants and others of the community (la commune) travelling between Chester and... dating from [1322] 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 8/5/236
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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]
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.17 of PRO 31/7/95
For another petition on the same matter, see SC 8/5/240
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 1662
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060356/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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