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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Poor commons of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. King. The petitioners complain...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/65/3215
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This record is about the Poor commons of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. King. The petitioners complain... dating from [1368] 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 8/65/3215
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1368]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor commons of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners complain that William Dirland has colluded with Philip Deneys to pervert justice under the guise of a commission issued to Thorp and others, to which Deneys had managed to associate himself. They ask that the commission might be repealed, and that Roger de Wolferston might be sworn before the council to tell the truth on this matter; and that a commission might be granted to justices and others of the aforesaid counties to inquire into these matters and other crimes against the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- The commission is to be repealed, and the said Philip and William are to be brought before the king's council to answer to any suit that anyone wishes to bring. And a proclamation is to be made in the said counties that all those who wish to complain about the said Philip and William are to come before the council; and they will be heard and justice will be done.
- Places mentioned
- Norfolk
- Suffolk
- London.
- People mentioned
- Edmund de Thorp
- William Dirland (Ireland)
- Philip Deneys
- Roger de Wolferston.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly dated by reference to CPR 1367-70, p.202, dated 18 December 1368.CPR 1367-70, p.137 is dated 7 February 1368.
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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 6042
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIV, 1367-1370, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.137 (the commission referred to in the petition) & p.202 (commission established to deal with the commission)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106978/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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