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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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SC 8/12/572
Date
[1335]
Description
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.
Note
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.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3245
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060710/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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