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Poor people of Wiggenhall, Ilsington, Tilney, Clenchwarton, Watlington, Runcton Holme,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/149/7447
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This record is about the Poor people of Wiggenhall, Ilsington, Tilney, Clenchwarton, Watlington, Runcton Holme,... dating from [1379] 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 8/149/7447
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1379]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor people of Wiggenhall, Ilsington, Tilney, Clenchwarton, Watlington, Runcton Holme, Setchey and West Winch.
- Addressees
- King in parliament.
- Nature of request
- The poor people of Wiggenhall, Ilsington, Tilney, Clenchwarton, Watlington, Runcton Holme, Setchey and West Winch, in the marshland of Norfolk, state that floods have so damaged the river flowing among their vills that the dyke on the one side is completely destroyed and that on the other under great pressure, and they are finding it too expensive to maintain, to the likelihood of their destruction, if they are not helped. They request a commission to lords and other wise and suitable people to oversee this matter, to inform themselves fully on this matter, by inquisition if necessary, and to advise on what to do to save the vills and country, whether by narrowing the channel or in some other manner; and they ask that they might have full power to hear and determine this matter, according to the laws of the land and the usages and customs of the marshland, and to compel and constrain people to contribute, and all other powers held by other commissions de wallis et fossatis; and that this might be done swiftly, and without obstruction from any supersedeas or in any other way.
- Nature of endorsement
- A commission is to be issued on the matter contained in this bill to the Earl of Suffolk, Lord Willoughby, William de Wychingham and John Hawe, and to three of them of whom William is one; and they are to have power by the same commission to do and accomplish all the things contained in this bill, and to hear and determine the said matter. And it seems to the lords that no supersedeas or anything else which might disturb such a great and necessary thing should be granted on this in the meantime.
- Places mentioned
- Wiggenhall, Norfolk
- Ilsington, Norfolk
- Tilney, Norfolk
- Clenchwarton, Norfolk
- Watlington, Norfolk
- Runcton Holme, Norfolk
- Setchey, Norfolk
- West Winch, Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- [William de Ufford], Earl of Suffolk
- [Robert de Willoughby], Lord Willoughby
- William de Wychingham
- John Hawe.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1377-81 p.363 is dated 28 May 1379, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.51 of PRO 31/7/105
For a related petition see SC 8/146/7272
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.363 (commission de walliis et fossatis as contained in the endorsement)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209632/
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