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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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People of the gildable parts of the seven hundreds of Cookham and Bray, and the other...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/199/9920
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This record is about the People of the gildable parts of the seven hundreds of Cookham and Bray, and the other... dating from [? c. 1350-? c. 1390] 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 8/199/9920
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1350-? c. 1390]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the gildable parts of the seven hundreds of Cookham and Bray, and the other commons of Berkshire.
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that although the expenses of knights of the shire coming to parliament are customarily levied from all the vills of the county, except for cities and boroughs, the collectors of these expenses in Berkshire are now charging the people of the gildable only, and exempting those living within franchises. They ask that the people of these franchises might be ordered to pay their share as they used to do, or that the sum that they should pay might be deducted from the sum to be levied.
- Nature of endorsement
- The money is to be levied from those from whom it used to be levied in time past.
- Places mentioned
- Seven hundreds of Cookham and Bray, Berkshire
- Cookham hundred, Berkshire
- Bray hundred, Berkshire
- Wargrave hundred, Berkshire
- Hurley, Berkshire
- Bisham, Berkshire
- Windsor, Berkshire.
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Winchester
- Prior of Hurley
- Prior of Bisham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Roughly dated on the basis of the hand and language.
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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/C9295809/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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