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Mayor and community of Southampton. [Missing] [This petition is fragmentary] . ....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/339/15980

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This record is about the Mayor and community of Southampton. [Missing] [This petition is fragmentary] . .... dating from [? c. 1310-? c. 1350] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/339/15980
Date
[? c. 1310-? c. 1350]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor and community of Southampton.
Addressees
[Missing]
Nature of request
[This petition is fragmentary] . . . community of Southampton [state] that whereas the king by his charter granted . . . of the said town is impleaded or another impleads him concerning tenements which are within the . . . within the same franchise, to which trespass anyone of the said community is party and . . . of that same franchise and not by foreign people if the matter does not concern . . . several who claim to have right in various tenements within the same franchise . . . which they purchase . . . they have put in their writ together . . . allowed before the justices of our [lord the king] . . . please him and his council against . . . their franchises . . .
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Southampton, [Hampshire].
Note
Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand.
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/C9736461/

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SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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Mayor and community of Southampton. [Missing] [This petition is fragmentary] . ....

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