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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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Poor burgesses and commons of Great Yarmouth. King and Council. The people of Great...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/117/5844
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This record is about the Poor burgesses and commons of Great Yarmouth. King and Council. The people of Great... dating from [1385] 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 8/117/5844
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor burgesses and commons of Great Yarmouth.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Great Yarmouth request the restoration of certain privileges granted to their town by the king's predecessors, which have recently been withdrawn. These have been restored for the duration of the present parliament, but will then lapse.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the entries on the patent rolls, the petition was clearly presented to the Parliament of 1385.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.88 of PRO 31/7/109
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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 4424
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.105 (revocation of a charter previously granted to the men of Great Yarmouth, forbidding ships to unload goods within seven leagues of the town except at the port) & pp.540-1 (re-instatement of these revoked privileges until the next Parliament)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.73 (confirmation that the earlier restoration of these privileges expired at the end of the last Parliament)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150523/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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