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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Great Yarmouth. King. The burgesses of Great Yarmouth ask that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/54/2665
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This record is about the Burgesses of Great Yarmouth. King. The burgesses of Great Yarmouth ask that they... dating from [1386] 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 8/54/2665
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1386]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Great Yarmouth.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Great Yarmouth ask that they might be able to have their franchises, granted by the king and his progenitors, with all their usages during the time of their fair, as they used to, notwithstanding any statute or ordinance to the contrary.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to explain their franchises, and in what way they have been disturbed.
- Places mentioned
- Grant Jernemuth (Great Yarmouth), [Norfolk].
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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 8927
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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 Charter Rolls, vol. V, 15 Edw III - 5 Hen V, 1341-1417, (Public Record Office, 1916), pp.224 (inspeximus and confirmation of charters with permission to apply franchise of Yarmouth to Kirkley Road, and prohibition against landing of herring and other merchandise anywhere else, later revoked) & 305-6 (reinstatement of these liberties)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062881/
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SC 8
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