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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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Mayor and Commonalty of Melcombe Regis. King. Mayor and Commonalty of Melcombe Regis...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/185/9214
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This record is about the Mayor and Commonalty of Melcombe Regis. King. Mayor and Commonalty of Melcombe Regis... 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 8/185/9214
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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
- Mayor and Commonalty of Melcombe Regis.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Mayor and Commonalty of Melcombe Regis
- Nature of request
- The mayor and commonalty formerly of Melcombe Regis state that their town has been destroyed by an attack of the enemy, such that no person remains. They request that the king confirm their ancient liberties and franchises, that they may be quit of the prise of wine and the cocket of cloth, that they be quit of all fifteenths for the next 40 years and of their fee farms for 20 years, that all outsiders trading with the town should lodge within the town, and that they may enclose the town and be granted the same pavage, murage and other customs as the people of Southampton.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Melcombe Regis, [Dorset]
- London
- Southampton, [Hampshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1378, with reference to various other petitions from this period seemingly relating to the same attack.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/19/922
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295092/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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