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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 people of Norwich. King. Request that the bailiffs of Norwich be suspended for...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/131/6506
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This record is about the Poor people of Norwich. King. Request that the bailiffs of Norwich be suspended for... dating from [c. 1320-c. 1327] 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 8/131/6506
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor people of Norwich.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Request that the bailiffs of Norwich be suspended for corrupt practices.
- Nature of endorsement
- Granted.
- Places mentioned
- Norwich, [Norfolk]
- Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Walter de Norwich
- John Bourt
- Richard Toft.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Hudson and Tingay, Records of the City of Norwich, vol. I, p. 61 (n. 1) to late in the reign of Edward II.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.66 of PRO 31/7/95
For another petition on this matter see SC 8/129/6435
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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 6181
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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)
- The Records of the City of Norwich, vol. I, ed. W. Hudson and J.C. Tingey, (, 1906), p.61 (n.1) (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208688/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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