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Martin de Chiggewell (Chigwell), citizen of London. de Chiggewell (Chigwell) Martin...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/59/2907
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This record is about the Martin de Chiggewell (Chigwell), citizen of London. de Chiggewell (Chigwell) Martin... dating from [c. 1334] 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 8/59/2907
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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
- Martin de Chiggewell (Chigwell), citizen of London.
- Name(s)
- de Chiggewell (Chigwell), Martin
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- citizen of London
- Nature of request
- Martin de Chigewelle states that on the Wednesday before St Luke, in the king's seventh year, a number of men from Great Yarmouth came to Little Yarmouth with force and arms, and carried off herring bought by him to Great Yarmouth; and that on the same day they killed his servant, William Colle, and would have burnt down his buildings, if they had not been prevented by people of the country. And these things happened after the king had come in person to Great Yarmouth, and forbidden the people there from molesting people coming to the fair at Little Yarmouth with their merchandise, or otherwise doing anything contrary to the peace. He requests that justices might be assigned by the king and council to hear and determine these trespasses and felonies, and charged in the king's presence to do justice for him and all others who have delivered petitions to parliament about such grievances.
- Nature of endorsement
- Everyone who wishes to complain about trespasses committed after the judgment is to have writs of oyer et terminer, for a reasonable fine to be made in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Petite Jernemuth (Little Yarmouth), Suffolk
- Graunt Jernemuth, Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- John Perbroun
- Robert de Drayton
- Thomas de Dreiton (Drayton), son of Robert de Drayton
- Henry Randolf (Randolph)
- Robert Elys (Ellis)
- Walter atte Sonde
- Bartholomew de Thorp
- Benedict Shippewright (Shipwright)
- William Colle, servant of Martin de Chiggewell.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The attack mentioned in this petition seems to be that described in the related petitions, although they all say that it took place on the Saturday before St Luke, in the king's seventh year (October 1333), rather than the Wednesday before St Luke. This petition is unlikely to date from long after this. It also seems to be contemporary with SC 8/59/2901: the language is similar, and both describe the attacks on Londoners in Little Yarmouth as an infringement of the Great Charter.CPR 1334-8 p.430 is dated 3 May 1337. John de Perbroun and Thomas de Drayton are described as collectors of customs in Great Yarmouth in CCR 1333-7 pp.251 (September 1334) & 546 (February 1336).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A petition from Henry Prodhome describing a similar attack is SC 8/59/2906
A petition from John Youn describing a similar attack is SC 8/59/2905
A petition from John Lovekyn describing a similar attack is SC 8/59/2902
A petition from William Haunsard describing a similar attack is SC 8/51/2517
A related general petition from the citizens of London is SC 8/59/2901
Another petition describing a similar attack is SC 8/120/5974
Another petition from Martin de Chigewelle on this matter is SC 8/59/2904
A petition from John de Tryple describing a similar attack is SC 8/59/2903
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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 4854
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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, not however including the petitioner, 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/C9063127/
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