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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? petitioner name(s) illegible Writ from Edward II to the Queen's bailiffs of Pevensey,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/6/281A
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This record is about the ? petitioner name(s) illegible Writ from Edward II to the Queen's bailiffs of Pevensey,... dating from [1321-1322] 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 8/6/281A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1321-1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? petitioner name(s) illegible
- Nature of request
- Writ from Edward II to the Queen's bailiffs of Pevensey, stating that by a charter of Edward I the men of the Cinque Ports are quit of tolls and customs throughout the realm, and that if the bailiffs have levied tallage for the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth years of the king's reign from the people on that account, and have distrained them for it, contrary to their charter, they are to cease such distraints and demands, and allow them to be quit of this tallage, as they ought to be, and are to returned the distraints they have taken.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to be ordered urgently by a writ of sicut alias to act in accordance with the first writ, and if there is a reasonable reason why he cannot do this, he is to say so quickly, so that the king may further do what is rightly to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Pevenesse (Pevensey), [Sussex]
- Cinque Ports
- York.
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England
- Isabella [of France], Queen of England
- Queen's bailiffs of Pevensey
- Edward [I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The writ is dated to 1321-1322 on the basis of the dating of the petition with which it was enclosed (SC 8/6/280). The writ is dated at York to 13 May, but unfortunately the year is illegible.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A related petition is SC 8/6/280
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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 3267
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9060402/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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