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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Older people of Ipswich. King. The older people request that the keeping of the town...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/82/4100
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/82/4100
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1321]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Older people of Ipswich.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The older people request that the keeping of the town be put into the hands of others to oust the evil alliance of the young people who have attracted some of the rich, foolish and poor people to them and have prevented the good government of the town, intimidating the good people and the king's bailiffs.
- Nature of endorsement
- To this petition just as to those similar ones, the king has ordained certain justices to ordain a remedy in common.
- Places mentioned
- Ipswich, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- Young people of Ipswich
- Thomas de la Rente, king's bailiff in Ipswich
- Thomas Stace, king's bailiff in Ipswich.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated to 1321 as a commission of oyer and terminer was issued concerning those who had resisted the king's bailiffs in Ipswich on 1 March 1321 (CPR 1317-21, p.605).
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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 4506
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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 II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.605 (commission of oyer and terminer for those resisting the king's bailiffs in Ipswich)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148640/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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