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Community of the town of Stamford. King and council. The community of the town of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/9/415

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This record is about the Community of the town of Stamford. King and council. The community of the town of... dating from [1294-1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/9/415
Date
[1294-1307]
Description
Petitioners
Community of the town of Stamford.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The community of the town of Stamford state that William Humet held the town, with various franchises which they list, by gift from William the Conqueror, and in the time of King John, when the Normans had to chose between their estates in Normandy and in England, he chose Normandy and left England, taking the charter for these franchises with him. The town has used these franchises from time immemorial, until the last Eyre at Lincoln, when they were taken into the king's hand because they did not have the charter. They ask that they might have their franchises back for the future.
Nature of endorsement
Coram toto consilio.The articles of the liberties which they request are to be examined by R le Bub' and others appointed for this, and it is to be shown to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, and they are to take council on this.
Places mentioned
Stamford, [Lincolnshire]
Nicole (Lincoln), [Lincolnshire]
Normandy, [France].
People mentioned
William Humet
William I, King of England
John, King of England
R le Bub'.
Note
Dated by reference to surrounding petitions, both in the file and in Rot. Parl. I. JRS Phillips (PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337) says that these petitions 'all belong to the end of the reign of Edward I, with a heavy concentration in the year 1305'. The date assigned here assumed a wide interpretation of those dates.
Related material

For transcript, see p.133 of PRO 31/7/93

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7150
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.462b, no.13 (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060541/

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