Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Prior of St Saviour Holland Bridge (Bridge End), Keeper of the causeway between Kesteven...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/87/4317

What’s it about?

This record is about the Prior of St Saviour Holland Bridge (Bridge End), Keeper of the causeway between Kesteven... dating from [? 1320] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Is it available online?

Yes, this record is available online and can be downloaded. How to view it.

Can I see it in person?

No, this record is not available to see in person at The National Archives. Other ways to view it.

Full description and record details

Reference
SC 8/87/4317
Date
[? 1320]
Description
Petitioners
Prior of St Saviour Holland Bridge (Bridge End), Keeper of the causeway between Kesteven and Holland.
Addressees
King.
Occupation
Prior of St Saviour Holland Bridge (Bridge End), Keeper of the causeway between Kesteven and Holland
Nature of request
The Prior of St Saviour, keeper of the causeway between Kesteven and Holland, states that floods have inundated the causeway and surrounding lands and fields, to the great peril of those passing that way, which is the common passage to the fair at Boston. He asks that he might be able to collect toll from those passing that way with merchandise, for the repair of the causeway.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Priory of St Saviour (Holland Bridge, Bridge End), [Lincolnshire]
Kesteven, [Lincolnshire]
Holland, [Lincolnshire]
Seynt Botolf, (Boston), [Lincolnshire].
Note
CPR 1317-21 p.514 is dated 3 November 1320, and may be the result of this petition, although the Prior also presented other similar petitions, such as SC 8/71/3504. However, it seems likely that this petition, like many others from this file, does date from the Michaelmas parliament of 1320.
Related material

For an earlier petition on a related matter, see SC 8/177/8810

For a similar petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/71/3504

For a related petition, see SC 8/115/5748

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6461
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.514 (grant of pontage for three years to the warden of the bridge and causeway of Holland)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148859/

How to order it

  1. View this record page in our current catalogue
  2. Check viewing and downloading options
  3. Select an option and follow instructions
View this record page

Series information

SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

74,884 records

Within the department: SC

Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...

18,283 records

Within the series: SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

51 records

Within the piece: SC 8/87

4301-4350. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item...

You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/87/4317

Prior of St Saviour Holland Bridge (Bridge End), Keeper of the causeway between Kesteven...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.