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People of Nottinghamshire. King and council The people request that the suitable...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/64/3186

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Reference
SC 8/64/3186
Date
[1315]
Description
Petitioners
People of Nottinghamshire.
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
The people request that the suitable people be ordered to survey the outrageous defects of the ways in the country, and that . . . and address the people by whom such defaults are maintained within liberties and outside them. The people complain of the peril they suffer because of the condition of the roads and bridges within the county.
Nature of endorsement
Deyncourt, Cromwell and Threekingham or three or two of them are assigned of whom Deyncourt is to be one are to survey the defects mentioned in the petition, and to enquire upon the same and to compel etc.
Places mentioned
Nottinghamshire.
People mentioned
Edmund Deyncurt (Deyncourt)
John de Crumbwell (Cromwell)
Lambert de Threkingham (Threekingham).
Note
The petition dates to 1315 as a commission was issued in accordance with the response to the petition on 6 April 1315 (CPR 1313-17, p.311).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5994
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.311 commission to Deyncourt and others to survey the bridges and causeways of the county)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106949/

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