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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Piers Bard, the king's bailiff of Sandwich. Bard Piers King. king's bailiff of Sandwich...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/325/E675
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This record is about the Piers Bard, the king's bailiff of Sandwich. Bard Piers King. king's bailiff of Sandwich... dating from [c. 1313-c. 1324] 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 8/325/E675
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1313-c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Piers Bard, the king's bailiff of Sandwich.
- Name(s)
- Bard, Piers
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- king's bailiff of Sandwich
- Nature of request
- Bard states that he was given the bailiwick during the king's pleasure rendering £70 at the Exchequer at the two terms of the year and the merchants of the Bardi and others now of new refuse to pay the customs and lastage of their wools that they bring from London in small boats to transfer to galleys to take overseas, and is now summoned by them to come before you at Westminster to show before them his reason and your right by which he takes the lastage. He requests letters under the privy seal to the council that the things that pertain to the bailiwick and the bailiff are maintained and kept, and that nothing be done prejudicial to the bailiwick.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Sandwich, [Kent]
- London
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Merchants of the company of the Bardi.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1313-c. 1324 as the petitioner was granted the office of bailiff of Sandwich for life in July 1314 and the office was granted to one Nicholas Larcher in November 1324 (CPR 1313-17, p. 157; CCR 1323-7, p. 237).
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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/C9682669/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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