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William de Mekesburgh (Mexborough), Mayor of Nottingham, and the Commonalty of Nottingham....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/127/6323

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Reference
SC 8/127/6323
Date
[1328-1329]
Description
Petitioners
William de Mekesburgh (Mexborough), Mayor of Nottingham, and the Commonalty of Nottingham.
Name(s)
de Mekesburgh (Mexborough), William
Addressees
Bishop of Lincoln, Chancellor of the King.
Occupation
Mayor of Nottingham
Nature of request
The mayor and people of Nottingham state that although the king granted them murage for five years, he has now suspended this while pontage granted to Paumer is collected. They request that this be superseded until the murage is collected, as it is to the great harm of the town.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire].
People mentioned
[Henry Burghersh], Bishop of Lincoln, chancellor
Alice le Paumer (Palmer).
Note
Dated in error on the guard to 1317, with reference to 'Records of the Borough of Norwich', vol. i, p.423. William de Mexborough was mayor of Nottingham in 1316-17 and 1324-5, but that volume names the mayor in 1324-5 as 'William de Mekysborough, alias de Amyas', and a William de Amyas also served again in 1328-9, and probably 1333-4. The only bishop of Lincoln to serve as chancellor around this time was Henry Burghersh, between 2 July 1328 and 28 November 1330, thus dating the petition to Mexborough's third term as mayor, between Michaelmas 1328 and Michaelmas 1329. An order superseding Palmere's pontage collection was made on 10 May 1329, presumably in response to this petition. Further references given on the dorse of the petition appear to refer to earlier aspects of this episode.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5775
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.465 (order to Palmere superseding the collection of pontage while the murage is collected)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208498/

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