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People of Bridport. [King] The people of Bridport state that they hold their town...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/89/4416
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This record is about the People of Bridport. [King] The people of Bridport state that they hold their town... dating from [1283] 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 8/89/4416
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1283]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Bridport.
- Addressees
- [King]
- Nature of request
- The people of Bridport state that they hold their town at farm from the King for 24 marks, paying 20 marks to Richard de Boys for the keeping of Corfe Castle, and 4 marks to the Exchequer, but that they are so oppressed by abbots, priors and other rich men of the country that they cannot levy their customs or maintain their franchises without the King's aid. Therefore they ask that Richard de Boys might have the keeping of their town, together with the castle, and pay the appropriate sum to the Exchequer.
- Nature of endorsement
- Richard de Boys is to have 20 marks the keeping, and is to pay the remaining 4 marks at the Exchequer.
- Places mentioned
- Bridport, [Dorset]
- Corfe Castle, [Dorset].
- People mentioned
- Richard de Boys, Keeper of Corfe castle.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1281-92 p.80 is dated 10 October 1283, and would seem to be a response to this petition. This would confirm that this is the petition mentioned on the record of decisions taken and business done by the Acton Burnel parliament of Michaelmas 1283 (C 49/2/3), as PROME C 49, File 2, appendix, no. 32(ii) and Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined. p.15 suggest.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.14 of PRO 31/7/92
For another petition from the people of Bridport, see SC 8/89/4417
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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 164
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.80 (grant to Richard de Boys of 20 marks from Bridport, and that he is to answer for the other 4 marks of their farm at the Exchequer)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), p.15 (edition of a record of the Acton Burnel parliament of 1283 which mentions a petition which may be this one) & p.19 (no.32e) (full edition of petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), C 49, File 2, appendix, no. 32(v) (full edition and translation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148960/
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