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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Simon de Burle (Burley), constable of Dover. de Burle (Burley) Simon King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/215/10712
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This record is about the Simon de Burle (Burley), constable of Dover. de Burle (Burley) Simon King and council.... dating from [1386] 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 8/215/10712
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1386]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simon de Burle (Burley), constable of Dover.
- Name(s)
- de Burle (Burley), Simon
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Places mentioned
- Dover, [Kent]
- France
- Flanders
- Brittany
- Spain
- Sandwich, [Kent]
- Rye, [Sussex]
- Isle of Thanet, [Kent]
- Isle of Oxney, [Kent]
- Nature of request
- Burle requests that whereas the enemies of France, Flanders, Brittany and Spain have set out with all their power to harm England, and the King has ordered that Sandwich and Rye be reinforced to resist their malice and to aid the islands and surrounding country, that he have a commission to ordain on the King's behalf that all people of the Isles of Thanet and Oxney and of the country surrounding the castle of Dover, Sandwich and Rye should bring themselves and their goods to the said castle and towns for their safety, on pain of imprisonment, and that this ordinance should be made by proclamation between now and 3 May.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1386, with reference to CPR 1385-9, p. 175, a 1386 appointment of Burley, in view of imminent invasion of the English coast by the King's enemies, to make proclamation in Sandwich, Dover, Rye, Thanet and Oxney and within 6 miles of Dover castle, that all inhabitants should go to Dover castle, Rye or Sandwich for their safety, on pain of imprisonment.
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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. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.175 (appointment of Burley to make proclamation in response to this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334268/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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