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Not specified. Chancellor. The petition requests four commissions;1) To William de...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/298/14893
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/298/14893
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1376
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Not specified.
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- The petition requests four commissions;1) To William de Wynford and John de Elmebrugge to buy 200 heaps of plaster in Dorset, if it is ready, and if it is not ready by 1 March in the King's fiftieth year, to take the necessary workmen and carts to make and transport it, as well as ships to transport the plaster to London and Southampton.2) To Adam de Hertyngdon, according to the tenor of the commission he has for the works at Windsor, for the manor and park of Clarendon, with John de Rouceby as comptroller and under the oversight of Thomas Kenne; and likewise for the manor and park of King's Langley, with John de Rouceby as comptroller and under the oversight of Richard Parker.3) To John May to take workmen and materials for the works at King's Langley.4) To Thomas Harpecote to take workmen and materials for various works at Brockenhurst and Hatheburgh, in the New Forest and at Clarendon.
- Nature of endorsement
- This bill was delivered to the Chancellor by Adam de Hertyngdon, clerk.
- Places mentioned
- Corfe Castle, [Dorset]
- Dorset
- London
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Windsor, [Berkshire]
- Clarendon, [Wiltshire]
- Childerlangele (King's Langley), [Hertfordshire]
- Bokenhurst (Brockenhurst), [Hampshire]
- Hethebardwe (Hatheburgh), [Hampshire]
- New Forest, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Adam de Hertyngdon, clerk
- William de Wynford
- John de Elmebrugge (Elmbridge), Constable of Corffe castle
- John de Rouceby
- Thomas Kenne
- Richard Parker
- John May
- Thomas Harpecote.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- All the commissions in CPR 1374-7 pp.233-235 are dated 6 February 1376, and would seem to be in response to this petition. This is confirmed by the mention of 1 March 50 Edward III (1376). Hatheburgh was a hunting lodge in Lyndhurst Park in the New Forest (see 'History of the King's Works', II, p.984, esp. n.10 & n.14, & p.985).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/297/14841
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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 III, vol. XVI, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1916), pp.233-4 (appointment of Adam de Hertyngdon to be clerk of the works at Clarendon and at King's Langley, with the controller and overseers mentioned here) & p.235 (commissions to Thomas Harpecote, John May and William de Wynford and John de Elmebrugge (with Thomas Hunte) as described here)
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