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Burgesses of Colchester. King and council. They state that they hold the town of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/5/238

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This record is about the Burgesses of Colchester. King and council. They state that they hold the town of... dating from [1321-1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/5/238
Date
[1321-1322]
Description
Petitioners
Burgesses of Colchester.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
They state that they hold the town of Colchester of the king at fee farm, for £35 per annum, but have only tolls and customs to make up that farm, which are not sufficient. However, there are several empty sites in the town, which they could exploit to raise money for the farm without harm or prejudice to anyone: therefore they request that they may be able to build on these and let them to farm, in aid of their farm.
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege.There is to be an enquiry into the harm etc., and into what has been done previously in this case, and what empty sites there are, and how many, and how large each one is and what it is worth etc.
Places mentioned
Colecestre (Colchester), [Essex].
Note
One of a collection of petitions published on pages 387ff of Rot. Parl., vol I., which all seem to date from around 1322. This dating is confirmed by PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 387-415, which dates these petitions to 15 or 16 Edward II (1321-1323).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2398
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.397a-b, no.58 (full edition of original petition)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl., vol. I, pp. 387-415, no. 58 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060358/

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