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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of the counties of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Dorset and Gloucestershire....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/73/3619
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This record is about the Commonalty of the counties of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Dorset and Gloucestershire.... dating from [c. 1332] 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 8/73/3619
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of the counties of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Dorset and Gloucestershire.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commonalty request that a commission be granted to St John and the others to enquire whether it is to the king's greater profit it the staple is at Winchester where it ordained, or at Southampton, and that the king and his council will ordain on this.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.2) Because the staple at Winchester was established by common counsel, it should remain.
- Places mentioned
- Hampshire
- Wiltshire
- Berkshire
- Dorset
- Gloucestershire
- Winchester, [Hampshire]
- Southampton, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward de St John of Hampshire
- Robert Selyman of Wiltshire
- Philip de la Beche of Berkshire
- Henry de Gilden of Dorset
- Robert de Aston of Gloucestershire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1332 as it is probably a response to the ordinance ordered to be published on 16 September 1332, rather than relating to the earlier establishment of a staple at Winchester between 1326 and 1328 (CPR 1330-4, pp.362-363).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition defending the location of the staples see SC 8/64/3196
For another petition complaining of the location of the staple see SC 8/32/1579
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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 7295
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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 III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.362-363 (establishment of staple at Winchester)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107393/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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