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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Not specified. Chancellor. A request that Frompton, Langynow and Atwell be discharged...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/305/15214
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/305/15214
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1366]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Not specified.
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- A request that Frompton, Langynow and Atwell be discharged from the office of searcher in the port of Melcombe and that Gower, Abbot and Taylor be appointed in their place.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Melcombe (Melcombe Regis), [Dorset]
- Weymouth, [Dorset].
- People mentioned
- [Simon Langham], chancellor
- Walter Frompton
- William Langynow
- Philip Atte Welle (Atwell)
- John Gower
- John Abbot of Melcombe
- John Taillour (Taylor) of Weymouth.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1366 when Gower, Abbot and Taylor were appointed searchers of Melcombe (CPR 1364-7, p. 362). This is probably an admiral bill.
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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. XIII, 1364-1367, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.76 (1364 commission to Frompton and Langynow in port of Melcombe) & p.362 (commission of Gower, Abbot and Taylor as searchers of Melcombe)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682426/
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