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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 town of Ely and of the other places of Cambridgeshire. King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/12/572
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This record is about the People of the town of Ely and of the other places of Cambridgeshire. King and council.... 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 8/12/572
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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
- People of the town of Ely and of the other places of Cambridgeshire.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request remedy because they and their ancestors have from time out of memory sold ale and all manner of other victuals in the town of Lynn both at retail and wholesale, and both to merchants and foreign men, and the people of Lynn. Now they suffer because the mayor and bailiffs of the town will not allow them to sell ale or other victuals or merchandise except to those of the town of Lynn wholesale and never otherwise.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to have a petition in the form for his case, and it is to proceed until issue.
- Places mentioned
- Lenn (King's Lynn), Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- The mayor and bailiffs of King's Lynn.
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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.
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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 3245
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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.93a (no.16) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060710/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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