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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Cayly (Cailly), sheriff of Norfolk. Cayly (Cailly) John King and council. sheriff...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/12/564
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This record is about the John Cayly (Cailly), sheriff of Norfolk. Cayly (Cailly) John King and council. sheriff... dating from [1335] 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 8/12/564
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Cayly (Cailly), sheriff of Norfolk.
- Name(s)
- Cayly (Cailly), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- sheriff of Norfolk
- Nature of request
- The sheriff shows that the office of sheriff was usually joined with that of constable of Norwich Castle. And now the office is granted to Causton for his life by which the king suffers great loss and distress on each account of the sheriff, and also the people who are appealed or indicted of felonies suffer great oppressions and diverse extortions to have suit of prison of such a constable who has life tenure. In addition the office is not so well kept now, so that Cayley requests that the king with those of his council have better advisement so that by the making of such a new grant they are not the greater loser.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that the charter made of the constabulary of Norwich in the manner in which this petition makes mention is made in prejudice of the king, and that if it pleases the king that the charter be revoked, and the constabulary delivered to the sheriff to hold it as it has been before this time.
- Places mentioned
- Norfolk
- Norwich, Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Robert de Causton (Cawston), knight.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1335 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.90 noting these to be petitions in parliament for 9 Edward III. This petition has to date to the period 18 February 1335 to 6 October 1335. Causton was appointed to the constabulary on the former date, and replaced Cailly as sheriff on the latter date (CPR 1334-8, p.76; List of Sheriffs, p.87).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner on a related matter see SC 8/12/570
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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 1635
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.76 (appointment of Causton to the constabulary of Norwich)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.93a (no.14) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060702/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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