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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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Burgesses of Melcombe Regis. Commons. The burgesses of Melcombe Regis request the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/125/6246
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This record is about the Burgesses of Melcombe Regis. Commons. The burgesses of Melcombe Regis request the... dating from [1421] 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 8/125/6246
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1421]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Melcombe Regis.
- Addressees
- Commons.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Melcombe Regis request the renewal of a grant of the King's father, made on 8 May in his eleventh year, allowing them to keep the fee farm of their town, rendering only 20s per year, and confirming the reduction of the amount payable for each tenth and fifteenth to 6s 8d. The original grant, made for ten years, has now expired.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] Let it be sent to the Lords.
- Places mentioned
- Melcombe Regis, Dorset.
- People mentioned
- Henry [IV], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The original grant was made by Henry IV on 8 May 1410, and would therefore have expired on 8 May 1420. Two Parliaments began in the next calendar year, on 2 December 1420, and 2 May 1421. The petition bears the same style of numbering at the foot, and an identical filing hole, as the next petition in this file (SC 8/125/6245), which explicitly refers to the return of the King from the wars, and hence can be dated with relative certainty to the parliament of May 1421. SC 8/24/1157-9 also bear the same numbers and holes as this petition, and these petitions explicitly date from that parliament.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A related petition is SC 8/19/922
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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 5507
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. IV, 1408-1413, (Public Record Office, 1909), pp.201-2 (original grant of Henry IV)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208420/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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