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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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People of Portsmouth. King Edward. The people of Portsmouth request the King's mercy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/67/3340
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This record is about the People of Portsmouth. King Edward. The people of Portsmouth request the King's mercy... dating from 1311 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 8/67/3340
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1311
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Portsmouth.
- Addressees
- King Edward.
- Nature of request
- The people of Portsmouth request the King's mercy for not being able to respond to his recent request for a ship for the war in Scotland, but they have been completely ruined by loss of ships, men and goods by land and sea, and by burning of their houses, so that they cannot afford to send even one ship.
- Nature of endorsement
- The men of Portsmouth state that they are so impoverished by loss of ships and burning of houses that they cannot etc.
- Places mentioned
- Portsmouth, [Hampshire]
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- John Dyrlaunde (Ireland), King's clerk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This appears to be a letter, rather than a petition, although it contains a request. It is dated on the Thursday on the eve of St Barnabas, in the King's fourth year (10 June 1311).CPR 1307-13 p.352 is dated 23 May 1311.
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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 6588
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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 II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.352 (order to Portsmouth to provide one ship for the war against Scotland)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107111/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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