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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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The men of Kesteven and the men of Holland The king The petitioners ask the king...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/55/2716
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This record is about the The men of Kesteven and the men of Holland The king The petitioners ask the king... dating from [1351] 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 8/55/2716
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1351]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The men of Kesteven and the men of Holland
- Addressees
- The king
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask the king to assign gentlemen to survey the damage caused to the ancient dykes and boundaries between Kesteven and Holland, which are lost because of the crossing [of the sea] that they should escape these dangers. The petitioners are ready to repair the ancient ditches, but have no knowledge of the boundaries by which the administrators ... the coroner, sheriff, and bailiffs ...
- Nature of endorsement
- Let other gentlemen of Holland and Kesteven be assigned to the king's commission to survey the boundaries and divisions and report on them.
- Places mentioned
- Kesteven, [Lincolnshire]
- Hoiland (Holland), [Lincolnshire]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable by reference to CPR 1350-4, pp.81-82.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/55/2717
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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 4700
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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. IX, 1350-1354, (Public Record Office, 1907), pp.81-82 (resulting commission of inquiry)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of 1351, appendix, no. 3 (summary of petition and references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062934/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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