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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Shropshire and Cheshire. King and council. They state that the common way...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/5/240
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This record is about the People of Shropshire and Cheshire. King and council. They state that the common way... 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 8/5/240
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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
- People of Shropshire and Cheshire.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- They state that the common way at Longford is filthy and flooded, so that those passing are impeded and endangered, and request pavage for three years, as was granted previously - for the way was so fouled that it could not be completely set right in such a short time.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.They are to have it of the king's special grace for three years.
- Places mentioned
- Shropshire
- Cheshire
- Le Longeforde de Bletcheleye (Longford), [Shropshire], Bletchley, [Shropshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1322 on the basis of the grant of pontage made on 20 June 1322 (CPR 1321-4, p. 7).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition on the same matter, see SC 8/5/236
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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 7540
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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)
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- 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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.397a, no.57 (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. 57 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060360/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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