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Barons of Romney. [King]. The Barons of Romney make three requests:1) They state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/70/3462
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This record is about the Barons of Romney. [King]. The Barons of Romney make three requests:1) They state... dating from [1272-1299] 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 8/70/3462
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1272-1299]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Barons of Romney.
- Addressees
- [King].
- Nature of request
- The Barons of Romney make three requests:1) They state that their town is being ruined for lack of the channel that formerly connected them to the sea, which they are now hoping to recover. They ask the King to order the Sheriff of Kent to order an inquisition, and that all those who would benefit from the recovery of this channel might contribute according to their means.2) They request a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury to order his bailiff of Romney to promote the ordinance ordained by the people of the port for their advantage.3) They request a letter of warranty authorising them to take a certain proportion of all merchandise arriving in the town by ship and otherwise for four years, for the construction of this channel, as the good men of the town have ordained.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Deleted] Stephen de Penchester is to be ordered to examine the ordinance or provision which has been made, and to inquire into the other things contained in this schedule, and to send it back to the Chancellor, so that what is to be done on this can be done.[Deleted] Be it remembered that for the promotion of peace and harmony among the Cinque Ports and their barons, whose proctor is Pascal de Prim, by the same Stephen, what has been done on this is to be reported back to the King before he goes overseas, so that if anything is lacking the King can complete it.
- Places mentioned
- Romney, [Kent]
- the Cinque Ports.
- People mentioned
- Nicholas Hunfrey, attorney of the Barons of Romney
- the Archbishop of Canterbury
- Stephen de Penecestre (Penchester)
- Pascal de Prim, proctor of the Barons of the Cinque Ports.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1271-1299 with reference to Stephen de Pencestre, and further to '? C. 1326', with reference to an unrelated mention of Nicholas Hunfrey in CCR 1272-9 p.310, dated 8 July 1276.
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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 6926
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107233/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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