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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of the town of Colchester. King The burgesses request that they have a...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1971
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This record is about the Burgesses of the town of Colchester. King The burgesses request that they have a... dating from [c. 1362] 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 8/40/1971
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1362]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of the town of Colchester.
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The burgesses request that they have a remedy, as Bradenham has approved and leased by his charter several waters in which the burgesses were granted fishing rights. Inquisitions were held into the matter, which proved the veracity of their claims.
- Nature of endorsement
- The same justices should have power to hear and determine the things comprised in the bill.
- Places mentioned
- Colchester, [Essex].
- People mentioned
- Lionel de Bradenham
- William de Fynchedon
- William de Wythyngham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1362. A commission to Fyncheden, Wychyngham and Robert de Naylynghurst to make inquiry into the various trespasses of Bradenham including the issue of the fishery was made on 3 July 1362. It is not clear whether this petition marks a further stage on from this commission or initiated further inquisitions. However, the petition is unlikely to that far removed from the commission (CPR 1361-4, p.283)
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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 1559
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XII, 1361-1364, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.283 (commission to make inquisitions into this matter and other trespasses made by Bradenham)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062175/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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