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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 the town of Southwark. King. The people request remedy and an inquisition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/73/3616
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This record is about the People of the town of Southwark. King. The people request remedy and an inquisition... dating from [1323] 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 8/73/3616
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the town of Southwark.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people request remedy and an inquisition before the barons of the Exchequer concerning the extortions made by Chandler and others concerning the pavage that the king granted to the town for three years.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they call the parties before them, and they should examine the matter and do justice upon the contents in the petition for the king and his people.
- Places mentioned
- Southwark, [Surrey].
- People mentioned
- Adam le Chaundileer (Chandler), bailiff
- Thomas atte Wauter, miller
- Roger le Polteer.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1323. The original grant of pavage was made on 30 May 1315, and no further grant seems to have been made before the commission to order the accounts for pavage which was probably issued in response to the petition on 16 April 1323 (CPR 1313-17, p.294; CPR 1321-4, p.313).
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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 7256
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.294 (grant of pavage for three years to the town)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.313 (commission to audit the accounts of the pavage)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107390/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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