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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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Tenants of Kirkby in Kendal. King and council. The tenants request the grant of pontage...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/170/8494
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This record is about the Tenants of Kirkby in Kendal. King and council. The tenants request the grant of pontage... dating from [c. 1314-c. 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 8/170/8494
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1314-c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants of Kirkby in Kendal.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The tenants request the grant of pontage for seven years or for a term that pleases the king to aid them in the repair of the bridges of Kirkeby and Levens as they have been damaged by the Scottish enemies, and the tenants and country are so impoverished by the coming of the enemy that they are unable to do it themselves.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the sheriff of Westmorland . . . Robert de Barton to enquire if the bridges . . . [the remainder of the lengthy response is largely illegible].
- Places mentioned
- Kirkby in Kendal (Kendal), [Westmorland]
- Bridges of Kirkby, [Westmorland]
- Bridge of Levens, [Westmorland]
- River Kent, [Westmorland]
- Westmorland.
- People mentioned
- William de Ros, son and heir of William de Ros of Kendal
- William de Ros of Kendal
- Robert de Barton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1314-c. 1325 as the petition refers to damage inflicted by the Scottish enemies, and this was the main period of Scottish incursion into the northern counties.
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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/C9294343/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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