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Humphrey de Bassingburn. de Bassingburn Humphrey King. Wicken, Cambridgeshire. Bassingburn...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/280/13969

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This record is about the Humphrey de Bassingburn. de Bassingburn Humphrey King. Wicken, Cambridgeshire. Bassingburn... dating from [1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/280/13969
Date
[1331]
Description
Petitioners
Humphrey de Bassingburn.
Name(s)
de Bassingburn, Humphrey
Addressees
King.
Places mentioned
Wicken, Cambridgeshire.
Nature of request
Bassingburn requests that the King grant him a fair and market in Wicken, the market to be held every Monday and the fair on the eve of St Lawrence each year.
Nature of endorsement
By fine of 40s.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1331 since it is included with the petitions for this year in the Roll of Parliament (Rot. Parl., vol. II, p. 388), and with reference to CChR 1327-41, p. 233, a grant to the petitioner of a Monday market and yearly fair at Wicken in accordance with this petition.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Royal letters 4633.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. IV, 1-14 Edw III, 1327-1341, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.233 (grant to petitioner of a Monday market and yearly fair at Wicken in accordance with this petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.388a (no.53) (edition of petition on Parliament Roll)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517917/

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