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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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Mayor, aldermen and commonalty of London. King. The Mayor, aldermen and commonalty...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/121/6028
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This record is about the Mayor, aldermen and commonalty of London. King. The Mayor, aldermen and commonalty... dating from [c. 1383-c. 1393] 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 8/121/6028
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1383-c. 1393]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, aldermen and commonalty of London.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Mayor, aldermen and commonalty of London request the better enforcement of fishing restrictions on the Thames and Medway enacted under the king's grandfather (Edward III). They claim that over-fishing of fry, and the construction of weirs and other 'engines', is destroying the fish stocks, to the great damage of the city.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- River Thames
- River Medway.
- People mentioned
- [Edward III], King of England.
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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 5043
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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. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.353 (commission to Thomas de Cobham and others to enquire into and punish people destroying fish in the Thames and Medway, contrary to the statutes)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.201a (edition of common petition on this issue)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208194/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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