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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
Item
Commons of Hampshire, Sussex, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. King and council. The commons...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/141/7039
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This record is about the Commons of Hampshire, Sussex, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. King and council. The commons... dating from [c. 1370-c. 1400] 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 8/141/7039
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1370-c. 1400]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of Hampshire, Sussex, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commons of Hampshire, Sussex, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, who have often suffered attacks from the sea from the King's enemies, ask for some good ordinance to be made for defence of the coast, especially for the town of Southampton and the castles of Portchester and Purbeck, whose loss would have severe consequences.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Hampshire
- Sussex
- Dorset
- Devon
- Cornwall
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Portchester, [Hampshire]
- Purbeck, [Dorset]
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? c. 1377 seq.' with reference to the recent attacks on Southampton (though the petition does not actually specify this). It is more safely dated generally to the late fourteenth century when attacks on the south coast were frequent.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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/C9209176/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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