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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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Liege men of the town of Whitby. King and council. The men request a grant on each...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/171/8527
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This record is about the Liege men of the town of Whitby. King and council. The men request a grant on each... dating from [1361] 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 8/171/8527
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1361]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Liege men of the town of Whitby.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The men request a grant on each 1,000 herring coming within the bounds of the market, and on all goods coming by sea or land for 20 years in aid of the repair of the bridge in their town which is now ruinous.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- They should sue in Chancery to have certain limitation of time without making a fine in aid of making the repair of the port for the ease of the people.2) And afterwards the chancellor in Chancery at the priory of Southwark limited the pontage for the duration of 7 years without making a fine for the common profit and utility.
- Places mentioned
- Whitby, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Southwark, [Surrey].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1361 as a grant of pontage for 7 years was issued on 22 March 1361 (CPR 1358-61, p.575).
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XI, 1358-1361, (Public Record Office, 1911), p.575 (grant of pontage for 7 years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294392/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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