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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Citizens of Norwich. King and council The citizens request that it will be suffered...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/64/3196
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This record is about the Citizens of Norwich. King and council The citizens request that it will be suffered... dating from [c. 1328] 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 8/64/3196
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Citizens of Norwich.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The citizens request that it will be suffered for the cocket to remain in Norwich finding surety that the office will be loyally made and kept. When the staple was repealed the citizens agreed to pass their wool through Great Yarmouth but the people their did great harm to them, and if the cocket is returned there they will do all that they are able to hinder them.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that this ought not to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Norwich, [Norfolk]
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The guard comment suggests that the date for this might be c. 1328-1332, as this was the period when the staple was suspended. But it is likely that the petition dates to the earlier end of this range when Queen Isabella suspended the staple (Ormrod, The Reign of Edward III, p.191).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition complaining of the location of the staple see see SC 8/73/3618
For another petition complaining of the location of the staple see SC 8/32/1579
For a petition complaining of the location of the staple see SC 8/72/3596
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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 5971
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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/C9106959/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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