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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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William de Lindsey. de Lindsey William King and council. The petitioner on his own...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/58/2890
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This record is about the William de Lindsey. de Lindsey William King and council. The petitioner on his own... dating from [c. 1272-c. 1307] 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 8/58/2890
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1272-c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Lindsey.
- Name(s)
- de Lindsey, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner on his own behalf, and for the greater part of the commons of Lynn and the merchants of the town, asks the king to grant a commission of oyer and terminer to investigate breaches of their town's charters and franchises by the bishop of Norwich and his bailiffs, who have moved the market in the town to the loss and grievance of the petitioner, merchants, and people of the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let them have a writ in chancery.
- Places mentioned
- King's Lynn, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Norwich.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively on the guard to the reign of Edward I: the hand is certainly early.
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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 4965
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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)
- Law and Order in Fourteenth-Century England: The Evidence of Special Commissions of Oyer and Terminer, R. W. Kaeuper, (Whiting & Co., London, 1979), p.752 (reference to petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063110/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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