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Tenants and Lieges of Lowestoft. King and Council. The people of Lowestoft request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/124/6155
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This record is about the Tenants and Lieges of Lowestoft. King and Council. The people of Lowestoft request... dating from [1376] 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 8/124/6155
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tenants and Lieges of Lowestoft.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Lowestoft request the repeal or amendment of a grant made by the King to the people of Great Yarmouth, which stated that no merchandise be sold within seven leagues of that town, and granting the people of Great Yarmouth jurisdiction over their market at Kirkley Road.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Kyrkelerode (Kirkley Road), [Suffolk]
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1376 or 1382-2, with reference to various charters and confirmations. However, since all the grants are mentioned as being made by the king rather than the 'king's grandfather', it seems highly unlikely that the petition dates to Richard II's reign. As such, this would seem to be the petition answered in the parliament of 1376 (Rot. Parl. II, p.330), revoking a charter granted on 30 August 1372.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/129/6424
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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 5303
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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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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. V, 15 Edw III - 5 Hen V, 1341-1417, (Public Record Office, 1916), pp.224-5 (confirmation of various charters to Great Yarmouth, including that referred to in this petition and notice of its repeal)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIV, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.432 (order to the bailiffs of Great Yarmouth to return the revoked charter) & p.434 (order to the sheriff of Norfolk to proclaim the revocation of the charter)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.330 (no.49) (memorandum relating to this petition, noting the revocation of the earlier grant to Great Yarmouth)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208325/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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