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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the commonalty of Kesteven in the county of Lincoln. King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/11/539
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This record is about the People of the commonalty of Kesteven in the county of Lincoln. King and council.... dating from [1334] 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 8/11/539
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the commonalty of Kesteven in the county of Lincoln.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people having their land by the rivers Witham and Brant request that the king order a commission to enquire of the obstructions placed on those rivers whereby mill sluices, fish-weirs, causeways and dykes have diverted the river out of its ancient and right course to their impoverishment.
- Nature of endorsement
- Those who have lands adjoining to parts of the river that are blocked are to sue at common law.
- Places mentioned
- Kesteven, [Lincolnshire]
- River Witham
- River Brant
- Beckingham, [Lincolnshire]
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
- Brandon, [Lincolnshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1334 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.73, making this part of 'petitions in parliament in 8 Edward III', though this is a Hale transcript, so the exact date is unclear.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 4618
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.77a (no.21) (full edition of a later copy of the original petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp. 73-89, no. 21 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060666/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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