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Not specified. King and council in parliament. The petitioners state that the fishermen...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/143/7121
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This record is about the Not specified. King and council in parliament. The petitioners state that the fishermen... dating from [? c. 1390] 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 8/143/7121
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1390]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Not specified.
- Addressees
- King and council in parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that the fishermen and garthmen living by the River Trent are setting nets called 'stalkers' and other traps in the river during the prohibited season, and are destroying the young salmon and other fish by this. They ask that it might be ordained in the present parliament that no-one should set a net of this type, or any other net or trap during the prohibited season, or catch or destroy the young fish during that season.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King has granted this petition by assent of parliament.
- Places mentioned
- River Trent.
- People mentioned
- Fishermen and garthmen living by the River Trent.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is dated on the guard to '? c. 1390' without further explanation. The dating however seems plausible in terms of the hand, language and content.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.56 of PRO 31/7/111
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209301/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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Not specified. King and council in parliament. The petitioners state that the fishermen...