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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Lostwithiel. King and Council. The burgesses of Lostwithiel make two...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/123/6111
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This record is about the Burgesses of Lostwithiel. King and Council. The burgesses of Lostwithiel make two... dating from [? c. 1324] 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 8/123/6111
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Lostwithiel.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Lostwithiel make two requests.1) They request the confirmation and extension of their charters and privileges.2) They request a grant of pontage on their bridge, to help pay for its upkeep. They state that the bridge was built by Earl Edmund, but had become ruinous, and although the justices in eyre had stated that, since it was a common passage, the people of the two neighbouring hundreds should contribute to its maintenance, nothing has been received.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should show these petitions to the council of the queen, and the council should be informed and certify to the chancery to do what seems right.Both petitions coram Rege.
- Places mentioned
- Lostwithiel, Cornwall
- River Fowey, [Cornwall]
- Restormel, [Cornwall]
- Pelyn, [Cornwall].
- People mentioned
- [Isabella of France], Queen of England
- Edmund [of Almain], Earl of Cornwall.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? c. 1324, but no evidence cited.
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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 5210
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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/C9208281/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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