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Collectors of the subsidy in Lincolnshire. King and council The collectors request...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/64/3182

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Reference
SC 8/64/3182
Date
[c. 1371]
Description
Petitioners
Collectors of the subsidy in Lincolnshire.
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
The collectors request that a suitable reward be ordained for their troubles and costs in the collection of the portion of the subsidy from Lincolnshire.
Nature of endorsement
In the event that they have done their office well the king will ordain for their trouble.
Places mentioned
Lindsey, [Lincolnshire]
Holland, [Lincolnshire]
Kesteven, [Lincolnshire]
Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
London.
Note
The petition is likely to date to c. 1371 as the subsidy referred to is probably that granted in 1371, the commissions for its collection being issued on 12 June of that year (CPR 1370-74, p.119; Jurkowski, Smith and Crook, Lay Taxes in England and Wales, p.54).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5340
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XV, 1370-1374, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.119 (commission to collect the subsidy)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.403b (no. 141) (edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106945/

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