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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Launceston. [None specified]. The burgesses request remedy as the bailiffs...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/320/E418
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This record is about the Burgesses of Launceston. [None specified]. The burgesses request remedy as the bailiffs... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1325] 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 8/320/E418
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Launceston.
- Addressees
- [None specified].
- Nature of request
- The burgesses request remedy as the bailiffs of the vill of Bodmin withhold most of the sum that they paid to the borough and burgesses of Launceston to defend and acquit them of toll throughout Cornwall.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should seek recovery by writ if they consider it expedient.
- Places mentioned
- Donheved (Launceston), [Cornwall]
- Bodmin, Cornwall.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1300-c. 1325 based upon the hand.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529470/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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