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Inhabitants of Rottingdean. Commons of parliament. The inhabitants of the town of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/24/1170

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SC 8/24/1170
Date
[? 1421]
Description
Petitioners
Inhabitants of Rottingdean.
Addressees
Commons of parliament.
Nature of request
The inhabitants of the town of Rottingdean state that they were assessed at £6 10 s. for every whole fifteenth at a time when there were many more people in the town than now; but now Rottingdean has been burnt down by the French, and much of the town flooded by the sea, so that the inhabitants are greatly impoverished, and 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 Rottingdean 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 town, 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
Rottingdean, Sussex
France.
Note
This petition is edited in Rot. Parl. vol. IV p.160a-b (no. 7) as being from 9 Henry V (21 March 1421 - 20 March 1422). A note on the dorse says 'Prob. 1421, cf. preced.'
Related material

A similar request, in similar words, from the borough of New Shoreham, is SC 8/24/1169

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7111
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. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.160a-b (no.7) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061339/

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