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Burgesses of Windsor. King. The burgesses of New Windsor request that they be granted...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/184/9193
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This record is about the Burgesses of Windsor. King. The burgesses of New Windsor request that they be granted... dating from [1381] 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 8/184/9193
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1381]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Windsor.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of New Windsor request that they be granted pontage for seven years at the rates specified, as was once granted by the king's grandfather, to maintain the bridge over the Thames.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 24 May in the fourth year (1381) it was agreed by the Chancellor, Treasurer and the Keeper of the Privy Seal that the supplicants may have a grant for three years in the terms requested.
- Places mentioned
- New Windsor (Windsor), [Berkshire]
- River Thames.
- People mentioned
- [Edward III, King of England]
- [Simon Sudbury], Chancellor
- [Robert Hales], Treasurer
- [John Fordham], Keeper of the Privy Seal.
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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, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.19 (grant of pontage for three years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295071/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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