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Burgesses of Bodmin. King. The burgesses petition that they can be quit of all tolls...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/267/13334

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This record is about the Burgesses of Bodmin. King. The burgesses petition that they can be quit of all tolls... dating from [? c. 1300] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/267/13334
Date
[? c. 1300]
Description
Petitioners
Burgesses of Bodmin.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The burgesses petition that they can be quit of all tolls and other charges throughout England. They request that the county court removed from Bodmin to Lostwithiel by the late earl of Cornwall be restored.
Nature of endorsement
They should show their charter in Chancery, and have a writ there.
Places mentioned
Bodmin, [Cornwall]
Lostwithiel, [Cornwall].
People mentioned
Edmund [of Almaine], earl of Cornwall.
Note
The petition is dated to? c. 1300 as it makes reference Edmund, late earl of Cornwall who died in 1300.
Related material

For another petition of the prior and convent of Bodmin with their burgesses, see SC 8/34/1692

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517281/

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