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Men of the town of Southwark. King and council. The men request a remedy is ordained...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/73/3626

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This record is about the Men of the town of Southwark. King and council. The men request a remedy is ordained... dating from [c. 1391] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/73/3626
Date
[c. 1391]
Description
Petitioners
Men of the town of Southwark.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The men request a remedy is ordained so that the brothels in their town are destroyed as they are a place of sin and there is much crime and married women and the servants of good men cannot go around the town without being troubled.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Southwark, [Surrey].
Note
The petition dates to c. 1391, as the writs found as SC 8/73/3628-3639 all date to 4 July 1391, though it is unclear whether they are drafts or the original writs.
Related material

For a schedule of people alleged to run bathhouses/brothels in Southwark see SC 8/73/3627

The individual writs for the men listed in SC 8/73/3627 are in SC 8/73/3628-3639, see SC 8/73/3628

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7176
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107400/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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