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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of parliament. [King]. The commons ask the king to ratify and confirm letters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/24/1163
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/24/1163
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1421]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of parliament.
- Addressees
- [King].
- Nature of request
- The commons ask the king to ratify and confirm letters patent of Richard II, constituting all those charged with the repair and upkeep of the bridge between Rochester and Strood in Kent as a community, for the maintenance of the bridge, and permitting this community to elect two wardens of the bridge annually. They also ask that the wardens and community might be persons able to purchase and receive lands, tenements and rents, for the upkeep of the bridge, that they might have a common seal, that they might be persons able to plead all manner of pleas, real, personal and mixed, concerning the bridge and related matters, and that all writs purchased by the wardens, or purchased against them by others, should be upheld in law, even if the wardens should die or be removed from office.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Roff (Rochester), Kent
- Strood, Kent.
- People mentioned
- Richard [II], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is enrolled on the roll of the May parliament of 1421 (Rot. Parl. vol. IV, p.148b-149b).
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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 2993
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.148b-149b (transcription of petition on parliament roll, with response: text unmodified)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061332/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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