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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Hugh de Bridewode, warden of the bridge of West Gloucester upon Severn. de Bridewode...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/102/5059
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This record is about the Hugh de Bridewode, warden of the bridge of West Gloucester upon Severn. de Bridewode... dating from [c. 1378] 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 8/102/5059
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Hugh de Bridewode, warden of the bridge of West Gloucester upon Severn.
- Name(s)
- de Bridewode, Hugh
- Addressees
- King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster.
- Occupation
- warden of the bridge of West Gloucester upon Severn
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks alms for the repair of the bridge at Gloucester and the king's letters patent granting him permission to fell (for the repair of the bridge), the trees on the north side of the bridge up to the vineyard, notwithstanding the claims of the abbot and convent of Gloucester to the north side of the bridge and other persons of the same town to the land there as their common. He shows that by excessive rising of the river and great winds the said bridge is weakened and ruinous and in several places about to be lost forever, and the petitioner has neither grant for maintenance work nor arrears of rent for the repair of the same.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- Gloucester, [Gloucestershire]
- River Severn, [Gloucestershire].
- People mentioned
- [John of Gaunt], King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster
- Abbot of Gloucester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Notes on the guard date this petition to c. 1378.
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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 1971
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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/C9149628/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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