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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the vill of Walpole. King and council. Request for a reassessment of their...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/152/7565
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This record is about the People of the vill of Walpole. King and council. Request for a reassessment of their... dating from [1337] 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 8/152/7565
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the vill of Walpole.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Request for a reassessment of their contributions to tenths and fifteenths as the current assessment does not take account of the great costs that they have incurred in maintaining the sea defences and the damages suffered from storms.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.2) The matter is to be enquired of and the inquisition returned, and let the king be advised of what to do concerning their allegation, and the demand on them should be suspended until Pentecost next if it pleases the chancellor.
- Places mentioned
- Walpole, [Norfolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1337, with reference to CFR 1337-47 p.19, dated 1 June 1337. This assessment covers a number of towns, not Walpole only, and is said to be in response to their petition to the king and council in the last parliament: which would mean that this petition was presented to the parliament of March 1337.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by different vills on the same matter see SC 8/78/3856
For another petition by a different vill on the same matter see SC 8/76/3762
For another petition on a related matter, see SC 8/152/7565
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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 Fine Rolls, vol. V, Edw III, 1337-1347, (Public Record Office, 1915), p.19 (instructions for new assessment)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209752/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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