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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Southampton. King. The burgesses request remedy as Despenser has purchased...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/177/8843
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This record is about the Burgesses of Southampton. King. The burgesses request remedy as Despenser has purchased... dating from [1315] 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 8/177/8843
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Southampton.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses request remedy as Despenser has purchased the manor of Ashley with the bailiwick of the forest of Bere and the foresters of the bailiwick, by the great lordship of Despenser, have entered the liberty of Southampton and made attachments for trespasses committed in the wood which now is in the possession of the canons of the priory of St Denis, the wood formerly being part of the farm of Southampton for which they have ever since been allowed in their account.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face].Let justices of the Forest be assigned to enquire upon the contents in the petition, and let the king be certified.[On dorse].. . . and Bereford be assigned justices of the Forest to inquire upon the contents of the petition, and let the king be certified in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- Ashley, [Hampshire]
- Bere Forest, [Hampshire]
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Priory of St Denis, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Hugh le Despenser.
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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 II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.309 (commission of oyer and terminer in response to the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294711/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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