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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor and community of Bristol. King and council. The Mayor and community of Bristol...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/97/4816
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This record is about the Mayor and community of Bristol. King and council. The Mayor and community of Bristol... dating from [? 1331] 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 8/97/4816
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and community of Bristol.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Mayor and community of Bristol state that they have had view of frankpledge in Bristol and its suburb from time immemorial, and had petitioned the King to have this specifically included in their charter. The King ordered William de Shareshull and Robert Daston to hold an inquisition into this: this has now been returned in Chancery and has found that they have had this franchise as they said. They now ask that it might be put into their charter.
- Nature of endorsement
- The rolls of the last Eyre of Gloucestershire are to be searched, if it was after the statute of Quo Warranto; and if it is found that view of frankpledge was then claimed and allowed to them, they are to come to Chancery and have a charter for it, for a reasonable fine. And if there has been no Eyre since the said statute, they are still to have a charter as has been said above.
- Places mentioned
- Bristol
- Gloucestershire.
- People mentioned
- William de Shareshull, justice
- Robert Daston (Aston), justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The inquisition mentioned by this petition was held on the Tuesday before the Annunciation, 5 Edward III [March 1331]. It would therefore seem to date from shortly after this, probably from the parliament of 1331.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the letters patent leading to this inquisition, see SC 8/97/4817
For the inquisition mentioned by this petition, see SC 8/97/4818
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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 1196
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149383/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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