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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of the town of Dover. King and council. [Petition in three parts. The second...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/328/E876
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This record is about the Commons of the town of Dover. King and council. [Petition in three parts. The second... dating from [c. 1295-c. 1315] 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 8/328/E876
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295-c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of the town of Dover.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in three parts. The second and third requests are badly damaged with a significant portion of the middle of both being missing or illegible:]1) The commons request remedy as they have lost services and common tallages to their great damage because the master and brothers of Maison Dieu of Dover have purchased several messuages in the town from which these are no longer received.2) The commons request remedy as they distrained the master and brethren of the house to contribute to a ship that they sent at their own cost in the king's service, but the master and brethren brought a writ against the mayor and commons and Burghesse [was assigned] to hear their complaint [...] by which they recovered their demand and damages [...] which is against the king's liberty and the grant of the king's ancestors.3) [Request concerning the performance of service, the commons requesting that for this they are able to ordain according to what they have or they will not be able to do the service].
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:][In response to the first request] Let this petition be sent to R. de Burghesse to be inquired of etc.[On dorse].They should come to the next parliament, and the record should be made to come, and let [...] be done [...] Robert does not have the record to [...].
- Places mentioned
- Dover, [Kent]
- Flanders
- Scotland
- Cinque Ports.
- People mentioned
- Robert de Burghesse
- Master and brothers of Maison Dieu, Dover.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1295-c. 1315 on the basis of 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/C9682871/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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