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Poor burgesses of Ilchester. King in Parliament. The burgesses seek remedy in their...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/119/5905

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This record is about the Poor burgesses of Ilchester. King in Parliament. The burgesses seek remedy in their... dating from [c. 1366] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/119/5905
Date
[c. 1366]
Description
Petitioners
Poor burgesses of Ilchester.
Addressees
King in Parliament.
Nature of request
The burgesses seek remedy in their dispute over the removal of the county court. They state that the court was held at Ilchester by royal charter, but that it was removed to Somerton (now held by the Countess of Kent), to the great poverty of the people of Ilchester and to the king, since they are no longer able to pay their fee farm due to their poverty. They petitioned in the time of the king's father (Edward II), but the king's uncle, the Earl of Kent, overturned the judgement.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] Remember that a copy of the charter is attached to this petition.[on dorse] Let this bill be sent to the Chancery, and let them view the records and processes, and let right be done.
Places mentioned
Ilchester, Somerset
Winchester, [Hampshire]
Somerton, [Somerset].
People mentioned
[Edward I], King of England
[Elizabeth of Juliers], Countess of Kent
[Edward II], King of England
[Edmund of Woodstock], Earl of Kent.
Note
Dated on the guard to c.1366, on the basis of the order returning the courts to Ilchester, dated 12 May 1366 (CPR 1364-7, p.235).
Related material

For another earlier petition on this matter see SC 8/118/5895

For the earlier petition mentioned in this document see SC 8/2/77

For a copy of the original charter of King John submitted with this petition see SC 8/119/5906

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4605
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIII, 1364-1367, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.235 (order that the county court of Somerset and all assizes, gaol deliveries and inquisitions be held at Ilchester)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150586/

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