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Robert de Bourghse' (Burghersh), constable of Dover Castle. de Bourghse' (Burghersh)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E907

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This record is about the Robert de Bourghse' (Burghersh), constable of Dover Castle. de Bourghse' (Burghersh)... dating from [1298-1306] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/329/E907
Date
[1298-1306]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Bourghse' (Burghersh), constable of Dover Castle.
Name(s)
de Bourghse' (Burghersh), Robert
Addressees
King.
Occupation
constable of Dover Castle
Nature of request
[Petition in two parts:]1) Bourhse' requests a writ to the justice of the Forest that they deliver all the timber that the carpenters consider necessary for the repair of the castle where the houses and bridges are ruinous by great storms, and he requests a further writ to the sheriff of that country that the costs of the carpenters and carriage be quit to Dover.2) Bourghse' requests that a writ of allowance is commanded to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they make allowance for his fee for the custody of the castle upon his account as Penchester his predecessor took for the custody, and that this paid be paid somewhere in the Cinque Ports such as Pevensey, Winchelsea, Sandwich or the manor of West Cliffe. He requests payment for the sums he borrowed to pay the sergeants against the coming of the queen.
Nature of endorsement
He should have the timber and nothing else.
Places mentioned
Dover, [Kent]
Colchester, [Essex]
Cinque Ports
Pevensey, [Sussex]
Winchelsea, [Sussex]
Sandwich, [Kent]
West Cliffe, [Kent].
People mentioned
Steven de Penecestre (Penchester), [constable of] Dover Castle.
Note
The petition is dated to 1298-1306 when the petitioner held the office of constable of Dover (Rickard, J., The Castle Community: The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422, p. 266). As the second part of the petition is concerned with the fee payable to the petitioner for his tenure of the office, it seems likely that the petition dates to c. 1300.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682902/

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