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Citizens of London. King and council. The petitioners seek recovery of their ancient...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2845

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This record is about the Citizens of London. King and council. The petitioners seek recovery of their ancient... dating from [1377] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/57/2845
Date
[1377]
Description
Petitioners
Citizens of London.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioners seek recovery of their ancient right to control the fisheries between the rivers Thames and Medway forever, as confirmed by various charters and by the king, for the honour and profit of the king and all the commonality and for the safety of the said rivers. At Neuport's suggestion the king has granted him control of the said fisheries by letters of the privy seal to the mayor, aldermen and sheriffs of the city.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
London
River Thames
River Medway, [Kent].
People mentioned
Raynaud de Neuport, Fleming.
Note
Datable to the parliament of January 1377 on the basis of the adoption of the petition by the commons and its inclusion among the common petitions at Rot Parl., vol. II, p. 366.
Related material

For a duplicate of this petition with an endorsement see SC 8/120/5966

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4728
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.366 (no. 30) (common petition in parliament arising from this petition)
  • 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 January 1377, appendix no. 3 (calendar of petition and references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063065/

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