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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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People of Little Yarmouth and Gorleston King The people of Little Yarmouth and Gorleston...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/54/2667
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This record is about the People of Little Yarmouth and Gorleston King The people of Little Yarmouth and Gorleston... dating from [c. 1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/54/2667
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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
- People of Little Yarmouth and Gorleston
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The people of Little Yarmouth and Gorleston make two requests:1) They request that they might be able to have and enjoy, for the sum of £100 or more, the usages that they have always had.2) They ask the king not to agree to the confirmation of a charter requested by the people of Great Yarmouth, which would ruin them and harm the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Petite Jernemuth (Little Yarmouth), [Suffolk]
- Gorleston, [Norfolk]
- Luddynglond (Lothingland), [Suffolk]
- Graunt Jernemuth (Great Yarmouth), [Norfolk]
- People mentioned
- Walter de Langtone (Langton)
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? c. 1307', with reference to SC 8/164/8172 and SC 8/255/12706.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A related petition is SC 8/48/2381
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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 8924
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.455 (grant to the burgesses of Great Yarmouth, in pursuance of a charter of King Henry and confirmed by the king, granting them free sale of fish and other goods)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062883/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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