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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Vills and other places responsible for the upkeep of the old bridge at Rochester....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/147/7344
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This record is about the Vills and other places responsible for the upkeep of the old bridge at Rochester.... dating from [1395] 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 8/147/7344
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1395]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1391-6 p.550 is dated 30 January 1395, and seems to be in response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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
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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. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.550 (grant that the wardens of the old bridge of Rochester might be established forever to keep and supervise the new bridge, and licence for them to acquire in mortmain lands and tenements to the value of £200 annually in aid of its repair, and licence for John, Lord Cobham to found a chantry for three chaplains in his new chapel at the end of the bridge)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209528/
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