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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Lieges and community of Hythe. King. The lieges and community of Hythe request that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/250/12465
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/250/12465
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1401]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Lieges and community of Hythe.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The lieges and community of Hythe request that whereas on 3 May last fire destroyed more than 200 houses in the town and port of Hythe and all the goods there, worth over £600, and five ships of the town with 100 men in them were lost at sea, because of which, and because of pestilences and other troubles, the people remaining in the town propose to leave, that the King release them for five times from their charge at the service of the Cinque Ports, namely of serving the King for 15 days with five ships with 100 men and five knaves in them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Hythe, [Kent].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1401, with reference to CPR 1399-1401, p. 477, a release of Hythe from service for five times in accordance with this petition. This is also the date of the Chancery warrant with which it was formerly enclosed (C 81/608 no.2511).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery writ in which this was formerly enclosed see no.2511 of C 81/608
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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. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.477 (release of Hythe from service for five times in accordance with this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440071/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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