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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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Richard Bokeland (Buckland), Treasurer and victualler of the town and marches of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/96/4768
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This record is about the Richard Bokeland (Buckland), Treasurer and victualler of the town and marches of... dating from [? 1431] 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 8/96/4768
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1431]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Bokeland (Buckland), Treasurer and victualler of the town and marches of Calais.
- Name(s)
- Bokeland (Buckland), Richard
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France].
- Nature of request
- Richard Bokeland, Treasurer and victualler of the town and marches of Calais, requests, as he has often done before, that Newenham bridge at Calais might speedily be repaired, as is set out in more detail in what follows.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- C 49/22/20 is dated to 17 or, more probably, 18 Henry VI (1 September 1438-31 August 1440). On the other hand, no. 2429 of::C 81/694 is dated 27 July 9 Henry VI (1431). The writ is assumed to give a more accurate indication of the date.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition probably by the same petitioner and others, see SC 8/27/1302A
For an order to the Chancellor to give the petitioner letters of commission under the great seal to build a new bridge over Calais harbour, see no. 2429 in C 81/694
For a report on the state of Newenham bridge formerly attached to this petition, see C 49/22/20
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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 1004
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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)
- English
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149334/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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