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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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Master and brethren of God's House (maisondieu), Dover. [None] [Petition in two parts].1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/106/5255
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This record is about the Master and brethren of God's House (maisondieu), Dover. [None] [Petition in two parts].1)... dating from [c. 1282] 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 8/106/5255
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1282]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Master and brethren of God's House (maisondieu), Dover.
- Addressees
- [None]
- Nature of request
- [Petition in two parts].1) The master and brethren request grace concerning the thirtieth on all their goods both inside and outside the port of Dover, and their contribution towards ships going to Wales in relation to the multitude of paupers that flock to their house for alms.2) The master and brethren make a request concerning the payment of issues for the passage from Dover, and the association of the master and Venesun by writ with the bailiffs for the same collection.
- Nature of endorsement
- A day should be assigned to the master and others in the Exchequer.
- Places mentioned
- Dover, [Kent]
- Cinque Ports
- Wales.
- People mentioned
- Barons of the Cinque Ports
- bailiff of the port of Dover
- Alexander Venesun.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1282 by reference to SC 8/106/5267.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.152 of PRO 31/7/93
For another petition by the same petitioners concerning the first part of this petition and in a very similar form, see SC 8/106/5259
For another petition by the same petitioners concerning the second part of this petition and in a very similar form, see SC 8/106/5260
For an almost identical version of this petition see SC 8/106/5267
For another petition by the same petitioners see SC 8/108/5372A
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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 2689
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9149825/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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