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Robert de Plumpton, provost of the town of Bridgwater; Thomas Spicer, provost of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/156/7761

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Reference
SC 8/156/7761
Date
[? 1320]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Plumpton, provost of the town of Bridgwater; Thomas Spicer, provost of the town of Bridgwater; William Topet, bailiff of Bridgwater; Robert Wake, bailiff of Bridgwater; John Boie of Bridgwater; Thomas Boie of Bridgwater; Ralph Poper of Bridgwater; Edward Babbe of Bridgwater; John Cromle of Bridgwater; James Hove of Bridgwater; Adam Elior of Bridgwater; Hugh de Oule of Bridgwater.
Name(s)
de Plumpton; Spicer; Topet; Wake; Boie; Boie; Poper; Babbe; Cromle; Hove; Elior; de Oule, Robert; Thomas; William; Robert; John; Thomas; Ralph; Edward; John; James; Adam; Hugh
Addressees
King.
Occupation
provost of the town of Bridgwater; bailiff of Bridgwater
Nature of request
The petitioners request remedy as the customs on the ships using the port are lost as the ships now charge and discharge at Highbridge and elsewhere to the deceit of the king and his ministers and customers.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Bridgwater, [Somerset]
Highbridge, [Somerset]
Combwich, [Somerset]
Harefeldrspulle [unidentified], [Somerset].
Note
The petition is dated speculatively to? 1320 on the basis of the dating of a number of other petitions in this file. However no guard dating is given, and there is no response upon which to make a better assessment.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209953/

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