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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of Wildmore and West Fen, Lincolnshire. Commons of parliament. The commons...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/150/7490
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This record is about the Commons of Wildmore and West Fen, Lincolnshire. Commons of parliament. The commons... dating from [c. 1399-c. 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 8/150/7490
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1399-c. 1421]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of Wildmore and West Fen, Lincolnshire.
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The commons of the marshes of Wildmore and West Fen in Lincolnshire state that since pigs have been pastured in the marshes, the soil dug up and the grass ruined, so that oxen, cattle, horses and sheep can no longer be kept in the marshes over the winter, as they used to. They ask the commons to ask the King that, in consideration of this, and with the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and by authority of parliament, to ordain by proclamation in the adjoining vills that no pigs should henceforth be pastured in the marshes between Martinmas and 12 May, on pain of forfeiture of the pigs to the lords of the marshes, and that all pigs there at present should be removed within twenty days; and that this ordinance might last for six years.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] [Let it be sent to the] lords.[On dorse] The King will be advised.
- Places mentioned
- Wildmore Fen, Lincolnshire
- West Fen, Lincolnshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the hand and the language, this petition would seem likely to date from the reigns of Henry IV or Henry V.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.193 of PRO 31/7/155
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 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/C9209675/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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