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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Great Yarmouth. King. The people of Great Yarmouth state that John de Bretaigne...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/54/2666
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This record is about the People of Great Yarmouth. King. The people of Great Yarmouth state that John de Bretaigne... dating from [c. 1332] 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 8/54/2666
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1332]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Great Yarmouth.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people of Great Yarmouth state that John de Bretaigne and the people of Little Yarmouth and Gorleston are attempting to have their charter of franchises annulled, by suing in King's Bench. They request a writ to the justices to proceed to judgment in the plea, and if there is some underlying reason why this cannot be done, that they might bring the plea before the great council now in parliament, so that the business can be determined.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ is to be issued in Chancery to the justices, that they are to proceed to judgment as swiftly etc., or if there is some underlying difficulty why they cannot proceed without consulting the king, then they are to have the record and process of the whole business brought into the next parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Grant Jernemuth (Great Yarmouth), [Norfolk]
- Petite Jernemuth (Little Yarmouth), [Suffolk]
- Gorleston, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Edward [I], King of England
- Edward [II], King of England
- John de Bretaigne (Brittany)
- Geoffrey Le Scrop (Le Scrope), justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition would seem to have been presented before the judgment on the petitioners: a note on the guard dates it c. 1334, but this seems too late.
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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 8923
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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 Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.316-317 (judgment, with provisos, in the plea between the people of Great Yarmouth and of Little Yarmouth and Gorleston) & 577-578 (commission of oyer et terminer on complaints in the last parliament at York of outrages committed by the people of Great Yarmouth against those of Little Yarmouth and Gorleston following the final judgment of the matter between them)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.363 (inquisition into complaints against the people of Little Yarmouth and Gorleston, trying to annul the judgement)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062882/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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