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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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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This record is about the Robert de Plumpton, provost of the town of Bridgwater; Thomas Spicer, provost of... dating from [? 1320] 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 8/156/7761
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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.
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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/C9209953/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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