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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
SC 8/96/4768
Date
[? 1431]
Description
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].
Related material

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1004
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149334/

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