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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The men of the hundred of Freebridge King and council The petitioners show that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/48/2365
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This record is about the The men of the hundred of Freebridge King and council The petitioners show that the... dating from [c. 1324] 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 8/48/2365
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The men of the hundred of Freebridge
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioners show that the men of the marshland of the said hundred claim the right to a third part of all manner of charges and fines concerning the said hundred by proscription from time without knowledge. A representation was made to the chancellor and a writ brought before Cantebr' and Fyncham to enquire into this custom, which enquiry (without informing the petitioners) has been returned into chancery to the detriment of the petitioners, who request that the inquest should come before the king and that they should be informed, and that their rights be confirmed by his power.
- Nature of endorsement
- They shall be examined before the justices. And it is ordered that the inquest is to be seen and heard by the petitioners before final judgement.
- Places mentioned
- Frechebrigg (Freebridge) hundred, Norfolk
- People mentioned
- John de Cantebr
- Adam de Fyncham
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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 3475
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.270 (outcome of the inquiry referred to in the endorsement)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 416-429, no. 45 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062576/
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