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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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? No Petitioner named Letter from the Mayor, bailiffs and community of Southampton...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/297/14809
What’s it about?
This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter from the Mayor, bailiffs and community of Southampton... dating from [? c. 1315] 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 8/297/14809
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter from the Mayor, bailiffs and community of Southampton to the Chancellor, stating that Gerard de Byole, burgess of Southampton is being distrained by the collectors of the 2s on each tun of wine to pay this custom, as they claim that he is an alien. They certify that he has been a burgess for eight years, and ask the Chancellor to write to the collectors ordering them to cease these distraints.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Southampton, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Mayor, bailiffs and community of Southampton
- Chancellor of England
- Gerard de Byole, burgess of Southampton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The Gerard de Byole appointed as controller of customs in Southampton and Chichester on 20 June 1315 (CPR 1313-17 p. 305) may well be the same man mentioned here, in which case this petition would seem to date from shortly before 1315.
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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. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.305 (appointment of Gerard de Byole as controller of customs in Southampton and Chichester)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518010/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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