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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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King's demesne men in Lyme Regis. King and council. The petitioners ask for a quayage...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/58/2859
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This record is about the King's demesne men in Lyme Regis. King and council. The petitioners ask for a quayage... dating from [1328] 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 8/58/2859
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- King's demesne men in Lyme Regis.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask for a quayage for the replacement of a transport ship called a cobbe (which transports timber to and fro and has been destroyed by the force of the sea), to the king's profit and that of all the surrounding lands. They show that their town is on the sea and a haven for ships, and they now have no means of transport and maintenance without having other aid.
- Nature of endorsement
- Report that the town belongs to the king and witness that this is to the great improvement of the town. Establish quayage for five years, which issues are to be spent on this transport etc. They are to account concerning the taxes at the end of the term.
- Places mentioned
- Lyme Regis, [Dorset].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable by reference to CPR 1327-30, p.331.
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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 5344
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.331 (resulting grant of quayage)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063079/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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