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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Citizens of London, especially the herring and fish merchants of London. King and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/59/2930
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This record is about the Citizens of London, especially the herring and fish merchants of London. King and... dating from [c. 1308] 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 8/59/2930
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1308]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Citizens of London, especially the herring and fish merchants of London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- the herring and fish merchants of London
- Nature of request
- The citizens of London, and especially the herring and fish merchants of London, make three requests:1) They state that the burgesses of Great Yarmouth are preventing them from buying goods and loading and unloading their ships at Little Yarmouth, and will not let them dry fish there, but are taking all ships by force to Great Yarmouth, where they throw their contents out of them. This is contrary to their franchises, and they request a remedy.2) They state that when fishermen bring herring to Little Yarmouth, the burgesses of Great Yarmouth will not them sell it to anyone, but put their own men and brokers into the ships, to sell the herring to the merchants for far more than they pay the fishermen, with the result that alien fishermen are going back to their own countries, rather than to England. They request a remedy.3) They complain of the great harm coming to them, and to the king and his people, from a charter which the burgesses of Great Yarmouth purchased from the king's father within the last two years, by means of gifts to the Treasurer, and ask that it be corrected.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Petite Jernemewe (Little Yarmouth), [Suffolk]
- Graunt Jernemewe (Great Yarmouth), [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Burgesses of Great Yarmouth
- [Walter Langton], Bishop of Chester (Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield), Treasurer of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the fact the citizens of Great Yarmouth acquired a charter from the king's father within the last two years, his petition must date from within two years of Edward II's accession.
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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 4863
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063150/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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