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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, Reston and Gorleston King and council The people of Little...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/54/2668
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This record is about the People of Little Yarmouth, Reston and Gorleston King and council The people of Little... 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 8/54/2668
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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
- People of Little Yarmouth, Reston and Gorleston
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The people of Little Yarmouth, Reston, and Gorleston state that their towns have been badly damaged by flooding from the sea, and many of their inhabitants have moved to Great Yarmouth or elsewhere, but that the collector of the fifteenth for Suffolk is nevertheless attempting to collect from them the sum they used to pay. They ask to be released from this assessment forever, or that some other ordinance might be made for them; otherwise they will be forced to abandon their towns.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have writs to the justices of labourers and to the collectors of the fifteenth in the same county, that, considering the misfortunes of the said town, they are to make due apportionment of the sums and issues coming from such labourers in the same county, with people of the said town, according to its misfortunes.
- Places mentioned
- Petit Jernemouth (Little Yarmouth), [Suffolk]
- Reston, [Suffolk]
- Gorleston, [Suffolk]
- Grant Jernemouth (Great Yarmouth), [Norfolk]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively to the first half of the reign of Edward III on the basis of the hand.
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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 8930
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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/C9062884/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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