Vills and other places responsible for the upkeep of the old bridge at Rochester....

Petitioners

Vills and other places responsible for the upkeep of the old bridge at Rochester.

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

The petition asks that the wardens of the vills, places and bounds [charged with the upkeep of the old bridge of Rochester] might be established in perpetuity to oversee the new bridge; that they might be chosen by the said vills, places and bounds when necessary; that they might be able to purchase lands and tenements to the value of £200 as was previously granted by the King; that they might render their account annually before certain auditors chosen by the said vills, places and bounds; that John de Cobeham might found a chantry for three chaplains in a chapel newly made at the end of the bridge; and that the revenue from the £200 might be spent on the bridge and chaplains according to the ordinance of John de Cobeham.

Nature of endorsement

[None]

Places mentioned

[Rochester, Kent].

People mentioned

John de Cobeham (Cobham).

For a memorandum of the various responsibilities for the upkeep of the old bridge, formerly attached to SC 8/85/4233, see SC 8/85/4234

For transcript, see no.53 of PRO 31/7/112

For another petition concerning this bridge, see SC 8/86/4254

For a memorandum of the various responsibilities for the upkeep of the old bridge, apparently attached to SC 8/86/4255, see SC 8/86/4256

For a related petition concerning this bridge, see SC 8/85/4233

For a related petition, see SC 8/86/4255

For a near duplicate of SC 8/86/4254, see SC 8/119/5934