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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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Burgesses of Great Yarmouth. King and council. The burgesses of Great Yarmouth state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/54/2660
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This record is about the Burgesses of Great Yarmouth. King and council. The burgesses of Great Yarmouth state... dating from [c. 1327-c. 1350] 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 8/54/2660
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Great Yarmouth.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Great Yarmouth state that they previously petitioned parliament about things done contrary to their franchise and ancient usages, and this petition was endorsed that they were to specify their grievances. They now specify various matters to do with the sale of herring.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Grant Jernemuth (Great Yarmouth), [Norfolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? Ed. III or II'. Dated here to the first half of the reign of Edward II, before the royal legislation on the Yarmouth herring fisheries.
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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 8929
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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/C9062876/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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