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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Men and people of the town of High Wycombe. The men and people request remedy as...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/151/7516
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This record is about the Men and people of the town of High Wycombe. The men and people request remedy as... dating from [? 1310-? 1325] 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 8/151/7516
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1310-? 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Men and people of the town of High Wycombe.
- Nature of request
- The men and people request remedy as although they are free of toll throughout the realm as parcel of the honour of Wallingford the bailiffs of Thame and elsewhere have come and demanded toll and made distraint for it.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should have a writ to the bailiffs that he be acquitted of toll as he ought to be from time out of memory.
- Places mentioned
- High Wycombe, [Buckinghamshire]
- Wallingford, [Berkshire]
- Thame, [Oxfordshire]
- Aylesbury, [Buckinghamshire]
- Wendover, [Buckinghamshire]
- Amersham, [Buckinghamshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated speculatively to? 1320-? 1335 on the basis of the hand. The response is in French which was far more common after 1322.
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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/C9209702/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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