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People of Claypole. Whereas there has been debate concerning a highway and a bridge...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/39/1930
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This record is about the People of Claypole. Whereas there has been debate concerning a highway and a bridge... dating from [c. 1324] 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 8/39/1930
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Claypole.
- Nature of request
- Whereas there has been debate concerning a highway and a bridge called Oldebrigg which was assized on the confines of the counties of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire between the vills of Claypole and Balderton for which there has been process made in the king's court whereby an inquisition was held and the repair of the bridge was assized to the vill of Claypole. At the day assigned for the execution of the judgement to be performed there came the men of Balderton by force and arms into Lincolnshire and disturbed the execution and forced the jurors to depart in contempt of the king. The petitioners request that a remedy be ordained that such punishments will pass as an example to others.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered by a writ to the justices assigned to hold the pleas of the king that when they have viewed the record and process of this business, that they command the making of the execution by their writs.And if no-one will sue for the king for the contempt, and he will be able to name the names of those who resisted, he should have a writ to attach them to be before the king at a certain day to answer to the king for the contempt.
- Places mentioned
- Claypole, [Lincolnshire]
- Balderton, [Nottinghamshire]
- Nicole (Lincolnshire)
- Nottinghamshire.
- People mentioned
- Men of Claypole
- Men of Balderton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition probably dated to c. 1324 as it is likely to post date the commission issued on 1 September to examine the matter (CPR 1324-7, p.70).There is an earlier commission in 1316, but because the petition is endorsed in Anglo-Norman, it is very likely that the petition is after 1322 when this become common (CPR 1313-17, p.430).
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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 2203
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.430 (commission to survey the site and to enquire by whose default the bridge has fallen down)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.70 (commission to survey the site and to enquire by whose default the bridge has fallen down)
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062133/
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