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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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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This record is about the Inhabitants of Rottingdean. Commons of parliament. The inhabitants of the town of... 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 8/24/1170
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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 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.
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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 borough of New Shoreham, is SC 8/24/1169
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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 7111
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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), p.160a-b (no.7) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061339/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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