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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the hamlets of Thorney and Wigsley. King and council. The people state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/12/551
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This record is about the People of the hamlets of Thorney and Wigsley. King and council. The people state... 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 8/12/551
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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 hamlets of Thorney and Wigsley.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people state that they used with the hamlet of Broadholme to respond and present at eyres and elsewhere with 4 people and the reeve until the last eyre at Nottingham when the prioress of Broadholme brought a writ that she and her tenants did not need to do service to the king, so that the justices of eyre stopped proceedings against them. The people came and claimed that they could not present or answer without the aid of Broadholme, but the justices would not allow this and amerced them. They request remedy that they be discharged of their service as the prioress has been discharged.
- Nature of endorsement
- The record and process concerning this matter contained in the bill are to be brought into Chancery by a writ of the great seal, and when it has come it is ordered that it is brought before the justices assigned to hold pleas of the king, and they are ordered that when they have heard the plea of the people and called before them the men of Broadholme, and others who are to be called, they are to do justice.
- Places mentioned
- Thornhagh (Thorney), [Nottinghamshire]
- Wiggeleye (Wigsley), [Nottinghamshire]
- Broadholme, [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- William de Herle, justice in eyre
- Prioress of Broadholme, lady of Broadholme.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.73, dates to 1334. There is a short discussion of the dating of the petition in Rot. Parl., vol. II, p.83a (SC 8/263/13114) on the guard of this petition. The endorsement to SC 8/263/13114 simply states that 'it seems to the council that this petition is not reasonable', which seems to suggest that it is earlier than SC 8/12/551, as it seems unlikely that the people of the two hamlets would submit two petitions for consideration, and not refer to the legal proceedings that had been ordered by SC 8/12/551 if that had preceded SC 8/263/13114.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document see SC 8/263/13114
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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 7940
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.83a (full edition of a variant petition by the same petitioners differently endorsed)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060687/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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