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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Inhabitants of New Shoreham. Commons of parliament. The inhabitants of the borough...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/24/1169
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This record is about the Inhabitants of New Shoreham. Commons of parliament. The inhabitants of the borough... dating from [? 1421] 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 8/24/1169
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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
- Inhabitants of New Shoreham.
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The inhabitants of the borough of New Shoreham state that they were assessed at £12 for every whole tenth at a time when there were more than five hundred inhabitants in the borough; but much of the borough has now been flooded by the sea, and there are only thirty-six inhabitants, who will move elsewhere if they are not helped. They ask the commons to ask the king and lords to grant a commission, by authority of parliament, to be given to certain people by the Chancellor, to inquire into the situation in New Shoreham and to inform the Exchequer if it is found to be as they say; and in that case that the Treasurer and Chief Baron of the Exchequer might have power to grant a commission to re-assess the borough, which would then be discharged of the former tax.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Soit baille as seignurs (It is to be delivered to the lords).[On dorse: none].
- Places mentioned
- New Shoreham, Sussex.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is edited in Rot. Parl. vol. IV pp.159b-160a (no. 6) as being from 9 Henry V (21 March 1421 - 20 March 1422). A note on the dorse says 'Prob. May (?) 1421.'
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A similar request, in similar words, from the town of Rottingdean, is SC 8/24/1170
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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 7667
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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.159b-160a (no.6) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061338/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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