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Burgesses of Ilchester. King and council. The burgesses request that the allowance...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/80/3969

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This record is about the Burgesses of Ilchester. King and council. The burgesses request that the allowance... dating from [? 1361] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/80/3969
Date
[? 1361]
Description
Petitioners
Burgesses of Ilchester.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The burgesses request that the allowance in their farm granted to them because of a grant to William . be allowed as they had this until recently when the sheriff was ordered to levy the full farm against the form of their charter.
Nature of endorsement
The bill is ordered into Chancery, and their charters are to be viewed, and if by certification of the Exchequer it is found that they have had this allowance until now, and there is no other reasonable cause for it to be levied then let justice be done there.
Places mentioned
Ilchester, [Somerset].
People mentioned
John, King of England
William [Dennis].
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4510
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XI, 1360-1364, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.193 (order to the treasurer and barons in accordance with the response to the petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107745/

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