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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Southampton. Council. The people of Southampton state that their town has...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/141/7046
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This record is about the People of Southampton. Council. The people of Southampton state that their town has... dating from [1380] 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 8/141/7046
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Southampton.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Southampton state that their town has suffered greatly during the war, and that they have to pay the current fifteenth, and that at the moment they wish to build a new tower over the sea gate of their town, and two towers alongside this gate, and to improve the defences and ditches: and because of this they have been pardoned the farm of the town for the next three years. They ask that this term might be extended, to run from 1 December last to the following Michaelmas, and for three years following.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King wills that they have a pardon and full remission of the whole farm for their said town for the next three years, beginning on 1 December last, provided that the said farm is loyally levied and collected during this term and entirely spent and applied to the improvement of the enclosure and fortification of the town in the most necessary places there, under the supervision and testimony of Bernard Brocas and Maurice Bruyn, knights, or of one of them.
- Places mentioned
- Southampton, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Bernard Brocas, knight
- Maurice Bruyn, knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1377-81 p.448 is dated 4 March 1380, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/75/3705
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.448 (remission of farm, to be spent as outlined in the endorsement)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209183/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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