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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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Fishermen of Woolwich. King and council. The fishermen of Woolwich state that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/148/7368
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This record is about the Fishermen of Woolwich. King and council. The fishermen of Woolwich state that they... dating from [? c. 1377-? c. 1413] 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 8/148/7368
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1377-? c. 1413]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Fishermen of Woolwich.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The fishermen of Woolwich state that they have always fished freely in the River Thames, until now, when certain fishermen of London, calling themselves masters of the river, are preventing them from doing so, against law and reason. They ask that they might be able to fish in the river as freely as they always have.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Woolwich, [Kent]
- London
- River Thames.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the hand, language and layout of the petition, it seems most probably to date to the late fourteenth or early fifteenth centuries.
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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/C9209553/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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