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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Winchester, living near the West Port. King. The burgesses of Winchester...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/147/7309
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This record is about the Burgesses of Winchester, living near the West Port. King. The burgesses of Winchester... dating from [? c. 1320-? c. 1340] 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 8/147/7309
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1320-? c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Winchester, living near the West Port.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Winchester living near the West Port state that the King's progenitors have appointed certain places for the various fairs and markets within the city, which they have always occupied, until two years ago, when some of the great people of the city moved the strangers' fish fair and market to a new location, where it causes great harm to the King and his castle, and to the burgesses and the city. They ask that the Sheriff of Hampshire, or a justice, or a clerk or someone else might be appointed to inquire into this removal, and to put the fair and market back in their former place. They state that they have complained before, and that letters of the privy seal have been sent to the Mayor and community, but that nothing has been done.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Mayor and bailiffs of Winchester are to be ordered that if things have been moved to the harm of the said people, and otherwise than they used to be, then they are to have the said things put back where they used to be. And there is to be a process by sicut alias cum pluries and attachment.
- Places mentioned
- Winchester, Hampshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and the French endorsement. Probably from the early years of Edward III.
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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/C9209493/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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