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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 Lesnes, Plumstead, Erith, Woolwich and Greenwich in Kent. King. The people...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/22/1061
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This record is about the People of Lesnes, Plumstead, Erith, Woolwich and Greenwich in Kent. King. The people... dating from [? 1393-? 1394] 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 8/22/1061
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1393-? 1394]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Lesnes, Plumstead, Erith, Woolwich and Greenwich in Kent.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people of Lesnes, Plumstead, Erith, Woolwich and Greenwich in Kent state that various people have lately prevented them from using the free fishery, with the tools of their trade, which they have enjoyed, at certain times of the year, in the River Thames from time immemorial; and they request a remedy for this.
- Nature of endorsement
- It has previously been ordained that trinks (trawl-nets) are to be discontinued.
- Places mentioned
- Lesnes, Kent
- Plumstead, Kent
- Earheth (Erith), Kent
- Woolwich, Kent
- Greenwich, Kent
- River Thames
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is assigned by Rot. Parl. vol. III p.328b (no. 14) to 17 Richard II (22 June 1393 - 21 June 1394). Most of these petitions do seem to be from this year.
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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 5027
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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.328b (no.14) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061225/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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