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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Highate and Islington King and council The people of Highgate and Islington...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/51/2529
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This record is about the People of Highate and Islington King and council The people of Highgate and Islington... dating from [c. 1380] 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 8/51/2529
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Highate and Islington
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The people of Highgate and Islington state that the king granted by his letters patent, for the upkeep of the high road between Highgate and London, that a certain sum be levied from all those passing along the road with merchandise to sell, to last for three years; the three years are now up, and the road is once again falling into disrepair and travellers are abandoning it. They ask that the patent might be renewed in the present parliament, without a fine being paid, for seven years.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Heghgate (Highgate), [Middlesex]
- Iselton (Islington), [Middlesex]
- Loundres (London)
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? 1380', with reference to three years having passed since the original grant (CPR 1374-7 p.476, dated at Westminster, 3 June 1377). CPR 1377-81 p.548, dated at Westminster, 30 September 1380, may well be a response to this petition.
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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 4082
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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 III, vol. XVI, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.476 (grant to William Maynerd and William Smyth of Highgate and William Smyth of Islington of pavage for three years)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.548 (grant to William Stowe and Roger Bernard of pavage for one year, to repair the highway between Smithfield Bar and Goresplace, Islington)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062744/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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