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Citizens of London. King and council. The citizens of London state that whereas they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/59/2901
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/59/2901
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Citizens of London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The citizens of London state that whereas they have always been accustomed to but and sell herring and other merchandise at Little Yarmouth, the people of Great Yarmouth are now preventing them from doing this. They request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the answer is given to the petition of the commons that an oyer et terminer is to be granted both at the suit of the king and at the suit of the party, for all trespasses committed in the town of Great Yarmouth since the rendering of the judgment on the disputes which lately arose between the towns of Great Yarmouth and Little Yarmouth, they are to sue the said oyer et terminer if they wish, or have writs of trespass formulated for their case, for each individual person.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Petite Jernemuth (Little Yarmouth), [Suffolk]
- Grant Jernemuth (Great Yarmouth), [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- People of Great Yarmouth.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? 1334', with reference to SC 8/59/2902, which describes one attack on a London citizen by the people of Great Yarmouth in language very similar to this general petition. There is also a reference to Rot. Parl. vol. II, p.376, a later English summary of a petition on the roll of the parliament of February 1334. This asks that certain people might be appointed to hear the disputes between the towns of Great Yarmouth and Little Yarmouth, and receives the response that the judgments made between them should stand. It does not seem especially relevant, except in that it mentions judgments made between the two towns. From the endorsement to this petition, it seems that the situation has changed, which suggests that this petition may be slightly later.CPR 1334-8 p.430 is dated 3 May 1337.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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An individual petition from Martin de Chigewelle on this matter is SC 8/59/2904
An individual petition from on this matter is SC 8/120/5974
An individual petition from John Youn on this matter is SC 8/59/2905
An individual petition from John Lovekyn on this matter is SC 8/59/2902
An individual petition from Henry Prodhome on this matter is SC 8/59/2906
Another petition from Martin de Chigewelle on this matter is SC 8/59/2907
An individual petition from John de Tryple on this matter is SC 8/59/2903
An individual petition from William Haunsard on this matter is SC 8/51/2517
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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 4848
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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. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.430 (notification of the king's grant, made in the first year of his reign, that the citizens of London should have their liberties and free customs, made for the security of several citizens who have been prevented from using them)
- 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/C9063121/
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