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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Barons of Romney. King and council. The barons of Romney state that they have built...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/69/3404
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This record is about the Barons of Romney. King and council. The barons of Romney state that they have built... dating from [c. 1331] 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 8/69/3404
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Barons of Romney.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The barons of Romney state that they have built a sluice on their own land, to preserve and maintain their harbour, in a place where there has been a sluice since time immemorial, but that certain people, wishing to destroy the harbour, have purchased a commission of walliis et fossatis (sewers), the transcript of which is sewn to this petition, and, by means of false claims in an inquisition taken in the barons' absence, and without their being warned, they have got the justices assigned to this commission to order that the sluice be destroyed. They request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Orders are to be given by writ of Chancery to have the record and process of the whole business brought before the justices appointed to hold the King's pleas, and the said justices are to be written to, that, when they have examined the aforesaid record and process, and when they have called before them those who are to be called, they are further to do justice.
- Places mentioned
- Romenhale (Romney), [Kent]
- Romney Marsh, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- People of Romney Marsh.
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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 6871
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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. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.63 (commission of walliis et fossatis along the coast of Romney Marsh, and a commission or oyer et terminer concerning the persons whose default caused breaches in Romney Marsh)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107175/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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