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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Fishermen of the river Thames. Commons of parliament. The fishermen of the river...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/144/7167
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This record is about the Fishermen of the river Thames. Commons of parliament. The fishermen of the river... dating from 1421 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 8/144/7167
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1421
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Fishermen of the river Thames.
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The fishermen of the river Thames complain both about fishing-weirs and stakes for catching fish which are partially submerged and pose a danger to life and shipping, and also about nets, weirs, and other fish-traps which use net of such fine mesh that they are catching young salmon, trout, mullet and other fish, which are of no use, ruining the fish-stocks. Many complaints have been made, both to the Mayors of London, who claim to have the supervision and conservancy of the river within their franchise, and to previous parliaments, but nothing has been done. They ask the commons to ask the King, with the advice and assent of the lords, to ordain a suitable remedy in the present parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Let is be sent to the lords.[On dorse] The answer to this petition, and the petition itself, are enrolled on the roll of the parliament held at Westminster on 2 May in the ninth year of the reign of King Henry, the fifth since the conquest.
- Places mentioned
- River Thames
- London.
- People mentioned
- Mayor of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- As the dorse says, this petition was presented to the May parliament of 1421. The endorsement found on the roll (Rot. Parl. vol. IV p.132a) states that the Mayor is to search the river for such weirs and nets, and punish offenders, four times a year.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.19 of PRO 31/7/114
For a related petition, see SC 8/143/7137
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.132a (enrolment of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209348/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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