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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Pontefract. King and council. The people of Pontefract make two requests:1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/67/3339
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This record is about the People of Pontefract. King and council. The people of Pontefract make two requests:1)... dating from [1318] 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 8/67/3339
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Pontefract.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Pontefract make two requests:1) They state that John de Wolleye, Henry Fitz Richard, Roger de Saham, Adam Sherewynd, who were appointed to collect the pavage granted in the town for five years, have spent most of the money on themselves. They request a remedy, and that the collectors might render account at the Exchequer soon, while they still have money in hand.2) The people of Uplond near Pontefract state that the same collectors have taken pavage at two or three times the value specified in their commission, and that they have leased the pavage from each type of goods at farm for half its value. They request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- With regard to the first petition: Robert de Bardelby, John de Danecastre and Michael de Melton, or two of them, are to be appointed to audit the account of the collectors of the aforesaid pavage, and to hear and determine, to inquire and to do justice to the complainants with regard to the contents of the second petition.
- Places mentioned
- Pontfreint (Pontefract), [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Uplond (unidentified), [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Wolleye of Pontefract
- Henry Fitz Richard
- Roger de Saham
- Adam Sherewynd
- Robert de Bardelby
- John de Danecastre (Doncaster)
- Michael de Melton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A brief Latin summary of this petition appears on a roll from the parliament of October 1318 (Docs. Illus. English History p.34).
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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 6454
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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)
- Documents Illustrative of English History in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, selected from the Records of the Department of the Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Ed. H. Cole, (Record Commission, 1844), p.34 (edition of Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107110/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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