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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor, burgesses and commons of Southampton. King and council. The Mayor, burgesses...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/86/4263
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This record is about the Mayor, burgesses and commons of Southampton. King and council. The Mayor, burgesses... dating from [1377] 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 8/86/4263
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, burgesses and commons of Southampton.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Mayor, burgesses and commons of Southampton state that the farm and other charges they have to pay for their town have become intolerably high, as the alien merchants who used to provide them with the customs, tolls and other profits granted to them to pay these charges no longer come because of the war. They ask him to take these customs, tolls and other profits back into his hand, and to discharge them of the farm.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is agreed by the lords of parliament that they are to have a pardon of their farm for the next two years, in fortification and repair of the said town.
- Places mentioned
- Southampton, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1377-81 p.76 is dated 1 December 1377, and is clearly a response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/75/3705
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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 7575
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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, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.76 (pardon to the burgesses of Southampton of their farm for two years, and of arrears since the late King's death)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148805/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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