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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert de Farlee de Farlee Robert King and council Robert de Farlee, speaking for...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/47/2321
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/47/2321
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1349-1354]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert de Farlee
- Name(s)
- de Farlee, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- Robert de Farlee, speaking for the king's advantage, and in his own name and that of all the terre-tenants of Winchelsea marsh, complains about John Longe, Bailiff of Winchelsea, who has received money from the king and from the terre-tenants to protect the land from the sea and keep the walls and drainage ditches in good condition, but has allowed them to fall into disrepair, leaving the land at the mercy of the sea, and losing the king rent, for which he and other Bailiffs had been accountable in the Exchequer. He requests a swift remedy, as he and the other terre-tenants fear that John Longe is about to leave the country.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because it is attested that the misfortunes are as great as the petition claims, the Warden of the Cinque Ports or his lieutenant in Winchelsea is to be ordered to inquire into the points contained in the said petition, and if it is found that the misfortunes and damages are as great as is attested and as the petition claims, the body of the said John is to be arrested and his goods, lands and tenements seized into the king's hand. And the said John is to be brought bodily before the council on a certain day to answer on the aforesaid points, and to do further what justice and reason demands.
- Places mentioned
- Winchelsea marsh, [Sussex]
- People mentioned
- John Longe (Long), Bailiff of Winchelsea
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- John Longe becomes Bailiff of Winchelsea on 24 June 1349 (CFR 1347-56 p.144), and the office is granted to Vincent Fynche on 3 April 1354 (CFR 1347-56 p.393). The petition must date from between these two dates.
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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 3332
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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)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. VI, Edw III, 1347-1356, (Public Record Office, 1922), pp.144 (grant of office of Bailiff of Winchelsea to John Longe) & 393 (grant of office of Bailiff of Winchelsea to Vincent Fynche)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062532/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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