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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
SC 8/97/4816
Date
[? 1331]
Description
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.
Related material

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1196
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149383/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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