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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of the town of Norwich. King and council The commons request remedy as when...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/64/3193
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This record is about the Commons of the town of Norwich. King and council The commons request remedy as when... dating from [c. 1289] 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 8/64/3193
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1289]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of the town of Norwich.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The commons request remedy as when the king was overseas Levetot came before the justices in the eyre of Norfolk wrongfully complaining of the people of Norwich and by his procurement and power they were distrained of their beasts that were driven to the castle. They were detained there until the people fined with him in £40.
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning ministers after the crossing overseas, namely of Levetot.
- Places mentioned
- Norwich, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- John de Levetot
- Roger de Tocham
- Robert Poringlond
- Thomas de Carlel (Carlisle).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated in the guard comments to c. 1289. There is no other evidence to date this, and the guard comment presumably associates the petition with Edward I's purging of his minister on his return from the continent in 1289.
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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 5968
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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/C9106956/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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