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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons and people of the vills of Foulden and Didlington. King and council in the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/111/5515
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This record is about the Commons and people of the vills of Foulden and Didlington. King and council in the... dating from [c. 1378-c. 1379] 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 8/111/5515
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1378-c. 1379]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons and people of the vills of Foulden and Didlington.
- Addressees
- King and council in the present parliament.
- Nature of request
- The commons and people of Foulden and Wissey requests a remedy as the bishop of Ely's mill obstructs the River Wissey flooding their land and preventing ships and boats using the river to transport corn and victuals and other necessary things.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Foulden, Norfolk
- Didlington, Norfolk
- River Wissey, Norfolk
- Northwold, Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Bishop of Ely.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1378-c. 1379 in accordance with the guard note dating, though this provides no supporting evidence for the date.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.123 of PRO 31/7/106
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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 3435
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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)
- English
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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/C9150180/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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