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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Henry de Chesham, merchant of London. de Chesham Henry King. merchant of London Henry...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/187/9313
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This record is about the Henry de Chesham, merchant of London. de Chesham Henry King. merchant of London Henry... dating from [1333-c. 1360] 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 8/187/9313
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1333-c. 1360]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry de Chesham, merchant of London.
- Name(s)
- de Chesham, Henry
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- merchant of London
- Nature of request
- Henry de Chesham requests that the waste land in Berwick, which he and Swanland took in fee-farm at 12d a foot, be instead granted to them at 6d a foot, in order that he may build on it, to the benefit of the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- He shall have it for 50s.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Swanland
- Simon de Salton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Fraser simply to the reign of Edward III. However, it clearly post-dates the re-capture of Berwick in 1333, and from the handwriting probably dates to relatively soon afterwards.
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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)
- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), no.12 (p.27) (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295191/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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