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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alan de Bexhyll (Bexhill). de Bexhyll (Bexhill) Alan Council. [The petition has been...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/91/4544
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This record is about the Alan de Bexhyll (Bexhill). de Bexhyll (Bexhill) Alan Council. [The petition has been... dating from [? 1380] 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 8/91/4544
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alan de Bexhyll (Bexhill).
- Name(s)
- de Bexhyll (Bexhill), Alan
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition has been badly damaged by gall and is now largely illegible].Bexhyll states . . . London, in all times all the constables of the Tower . . . If it pleases the council to be advised if the defence is reasonable . . . that it ought to be that each boat coming to London of mussels, oysters, cockles . . . two galons of wine, one from before the mast and one from aft from each vessel . . . free burgesses of the town. Upon which defence the . . . then made proclamation in London . . . all is lost if other ordinances are not made.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London
- Tower of London, London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated somewhat speculatively to 1380 by a possibly related commission concerning defects in the navigability of the Thames (CPR 1377-81, p.474).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.14 of PRO 31/7/95
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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 523
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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.474 (possibly related commission including the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149090/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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