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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of Essex. King. The commons of Essex state that many people had been taking...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/19/950
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This record is about the Commons of Essex. King. The commons of Essex state that many people had been taking... dating from [? 1381 -? 1382] 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 8/19/950
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1381 -? 1382]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of Essex.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The commons of Essex state that many people had been taking oysters from the sea off the coast of their county with instruments called 'dragges' at unseasonable times, namely between 1 May and 20 September, to the great destruction of the said oysters, since at that time and no other the oysters multiply greatly if they are not moved. Those who take the oysters at this time lose more than half of them due to the heat of the season, and also disrupt the oysters' breeding. The commons ask the king to establish by statute that no person should take oysters at this time of year, and that the Justices of Labourers should have the power to enquire into contraventions of such a statute in their sessions. People breaking the statute should be fined, and anyone pursuing such trespassers for the king should receive half the fine for their trouble.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Essex.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Included in Rot. Parl. Vol. III, p.128a, (no. 5) among a collection of petitions from 5 Richard II (22 June 1381 - 21 June 1382).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.21 of PRO 31/7/107
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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 3152
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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. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.128a, (no.5) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061105/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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