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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of the town of Melcombe Regis. Council. The commonalty request a writ...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/171/8504
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This record is about the Commonalty of the town of Melcombe Regis. Council. The commonalty request a writ... dating from [c. 1378] 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 8/171/8504
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of the town of Melcombe Regis.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The commonalty request a writ to the collectors of the fifteenth in Dorset to supersede the levying of the fifteenth because the town has been destroyed by the enemy and they have insufficient goods remaining to pay it.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should have a writ of supersedeas of the levying of the fifteenth until to Michaelmas next coming.
- Places mentioned
- Melcombe Regis, [Dorset]
- Dorset.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1378 as the petitioners had the levying of the 10th and 15th stayed on 12 December 1378, and mention is made of the destruction of the town by the enemy (CCR 1377-81, p.223). However there are other near contemporary petitions by petitioners from Melcombe, and it is probably that the close roll entry is not in response to this petition as it states that it was 'upon petition of the mayor and commonalty of Melcombe'.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners, see SC 8/19/922
A related petition is SC 8/125/6206
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.223 (order to treasurer and barons of Exchequer to stay the levy of the tenths and fifteenths from Melcombe until Michaelmas next, in consideration of the burning of the town)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294369/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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