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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Community of Rye. King and council. The community of Rye state that their town has...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/19/917
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This record is about the Community of Rye. King and council. The community of Rye state that their town has... dating from [1381-1382] 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 8/19/917
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1381-1382]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Rye.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The community of Rye state that their town has been captured several times, and that they have rebuilt their walls on the land side, but that because of their poverty they can do no more, and fear the vulnerability of the town from the sea, especially as last time the town was captured several people were hung and drawn when the invaders returned to France, for not holding it. They request that the excesses and fines levied on victuallers, craftsmen and labourers before the Justices of the Peace in Sussex, except for the justices' wages, might for the next three years be granted for the repair of the walls.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Rye, [Sussex]
- France.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1381-5 p.123 is dated at Westminster, 22 April 1382, so the petition is tentatively dated to that year. If it was presented at a parliament, it would have to be that of November 1381.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.60 of PRO 31/7/108
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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 7131
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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 Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), p.123 (recognisance for 100 li. to be levied in Sussex, on condition that the mayor and community of Rye enclose their town with a wall within three years)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.70a-b (no.5) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061072/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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