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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The men of Little Yarmouth. The king The men of Little Yarmouth The petitioners seek...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/48/2381
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This record is about the The men of Little Yarmouth. The king The men of Little Yarmouth The petitioners seek... dating from [c. 1307] 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 8/48/2381
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The men of Little Yarmouth.
- Addressees
- The king
- Occupation
- The men of Little Yarmouth
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek the reversal of a judgement made against them and the upholding of their customary right (since time without knowledge) to load ships with victuals and other cargo, as confirmed by a judgement in the court of King Henry III, the king's father. Roger Fitz Osbern and the men of Great Yarmouth challenged these customs before Martyn de Pateshull and his fellow justices without giving due warning to the petitioners, and thus obtained a judgment contrary to the petitioners' rights.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Petite Gernemuth (Little Yarmouth), [Norfolk]
- Gorleston (Gorleston-on-Sea), [Norfolk]
- Ludyngland (Lothingland), [Suffolk]
- Graunt Gernemuth (Great Yarmouth), [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Henry III, King of England, father of the king
- Roger Fitz Osbern
- Martyn de Pateshull.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/54/2667
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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 8926
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062593/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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