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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the county of Suffolk living on the coast. Council. The people request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/71/3540
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This record is about the People of the county of Suffolk living on the coast. Council. The people request... dating from [c. 1346] 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 8/71/3540
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1346]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the county of Suffolk living on the coast.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The people request that they be discharged of the fine that the sheriff has been ordered to levy from them because Coddington was ordered to discharge all those living within 6 leagues of the sea of providing troops and fines since they keep the coast at their cost.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should sue before the chancellor to have remedy according to the purport of their petition.
- Places mentioned
- Suffolk.
- People mentioned
- John de Codyngton (Coddington).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively to the period of special military levies around the time of the Crecy-Calais campaign; see also SC 8/207/10318. The guard attempts to date the petition c. 1350-1370 on the basis of the floruit of Coddington, who was a clerk of the chancery.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/207/10318
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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 7812
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.399a (no.115)(full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107314/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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