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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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Community of the New Forest. King and council. The community of the New Forest request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/263/13128
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This record is about the Community of the New Forest. King and council. The community of the New Forest request... dating from [c. 1326] 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 8/263/13128
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1326]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of the New Forest.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The community of the New Forest request an inquisition into whether it is more profitable for the staple of wool for the south to be at Winchester or at Southampton.
- Nature of endorsement
- Before the king and the great council.Because the staple was ordained at Winchester by common council, let the staple be held there.
- Places mentioned
- New Forest, [Hampshire]
- Winchester, [Hampshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1326, with reference to CPR 1324-7, p. 269, a 1326 mandate to publish ordinances about the staple.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition defending the location of the staples see SC 8/64/3196
For another petition complaining of the location of the staple see SC 8/32/1579
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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, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.269 (mandate to publish ordinances re the staple)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517073/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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