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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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None. [None]. Remedy is requested concerning outrageous charges for the common crossing...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/155/7749
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This record is about the None. [None]. Remedy is requested concerning outrageous charges for the common crossing... dating from [1318] 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 8/155/7749
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- None.
- Addressees
- [None].
- Nature of request
- Remedy is requested concerning outrageous charges for the common crossing from Dover to Wissant.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the constable of Dover Castle and the keeper of the Cinque Ports that they inform themselves of how much men and horses at Dover were accustomed to pay for the crossing, and having called the ferry-keepers before them they are to order them on the king's behalf under pain of great forfeiture to charge what was accustomed to be charged, and to compel them to keep to this, and not to oppress them by such extortions.
- Places mentioned
- Dover, [Kent]
- Wissant, [Artois, France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1318 as a Latin summary of the petition was enrolled on the parliament roll for the Michaelmas parliament in 12 Edw. II (Docs. Illus. English History, p.44).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.100 of PRO 31/7/154
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Documents Illustrative of English History in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, selected from the Records of the Department of the Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Ed. H. Cole, (Record Commission, 1844), p.44 (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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