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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of East Tilbury. Council. The people of East Tilbury request that a commission...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/217/10844
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This record is about the People of East Tilbury. Council. The people of East Tilbury request that a commission... dating from [1402] 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 8/217/10844
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of East Tilbury.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The people of East Tilbury request that a commission be issued to Gosholm and his three colleagues, allowing them to take labourers and builders to work on the fortifications of the town, which the people intend to build in order to protect the town and the River Thames from the French and other enemies.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let commissions be made to the people named within to take labourers and builders both within the franchise and without for their works, paying them reasonably for the work specified, to last for one month. By the council, by the Chancellor, Treasurer, the bishop of Hereford, the Keeper of the Privy Seal, J Scarle, J Prophet, J Doreward.
- Places mentioned
- East Tilbury, Essex
- River Thames.
- People mentioned
- Robert Gosholm
- William Lee
- Nicholas Denys
- John Archer
- [Edmund Stafford], Chancellor
- [Henry Bowet], Treasurer
- [John Trefnant], Bishop of Hereford
- [Thomas Langley], Keeper of the Privy Seal
- John Scarle
- John Prophet
- John Doreward.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested commission was issued on 17 July 1402.
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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, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.113 (requested commission)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334401/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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