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Burgesses of Calais. King and council. [Petition in 3 parts].1) The burgesses request...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/173/8630

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Reference
SC 8/173/8630
Date
[? c. 1372]
Description
Petitioners
Burgesses of Calais.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[Petition in 3 parts].1) The burgesses request that their charters of liberties be ratified as they have suffered great hardships after the conquest.2) The burgesses request the grant of a warrant to the treasurer of Calais as they have been to England to buy cloth and wool and paid the custom there, but the treasurer refuses to allow them to return to Calais without paying a new custom though they be free of customs.3) The burgesses request the grant of letters patent of warrant that men at arms and archers are not to enter their houses and lodge there without making covenants with the possessor, and paying a reasonable sum for their lodging after the king has paid them their wages. Troops have lodged with them, but they are still constrained to pay their rents and other services to the king, and to repair their houses.
Nature of endorsement
[On face].1) It seems reasonable.2) Let their charter be viewed and let right be done to them.3) Let it be ordered to the captain and mayor to lodge the men at arms and others in the easiest manner possible . . . for the duration of their lodging.[On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Calais, [France].
Note
The petition is dated to? c. 1372 based on guard note references to related petitions (CIM 1348-77, no.863; Rot. Parl., vol. II, p.358b (no.cxlii)).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. III, 22-51 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1937), no.863 (abstract of related petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.358b (no.cxlii) (transcription of related petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294496/

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