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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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Poor people of Andover. [Not specified]. The poor people of Andover request remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/309/15408
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This record is about the Poor people of Andover. [Not specified]. The poor people of Andover request remedy... dating from [c. 1304] 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 8/309/15408
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1304]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor people of Andover.
- Addressees
- [Not specified].
- Nature of request
- The poor people of Andover request remedy for their many grievances which include the fact that they cannot safely dwell in Andover unless they pay protection money to Cormailles, Mapedorefeld or Caham.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning Lenham.2) Concerning Monciaco.3) Concerning Alice de Remes in Higham whose profits and other issues pertaining to the King are in the custody of her son, she should have a writ of right on the last writ recorded thereon by the sheriff of Suffolk.
- Places mentioned
- Andover, [Hampshire]
- Higham, [Suffolk]
- Suffolk.
- People mentioned
- John de Cormailles
- William de Mapedorefeld
- Baldwin de Caham
- John de Surreye (Surrey)
- Walter de Archebaud
- Nicholas de Lenham
- Joan de Monciaco
- Alice de Remes
- John de Remes, son of Alice de Remes.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- John de Cormailles was granted a market and fair in Thruxton, Hampshire in 1304 (CChR 1300-26, p. 42).
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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)
- Latin
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529005/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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