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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Great Yarmouth. King and council. The people request a writ to the treasurer...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/160/7955
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This record is about the People of Great Yarmouth. King and council. The people request a writ to the treasurer... dating from [1325] 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 8/160/7955
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Great Yarmouth.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request a writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they are able to account for their costs in equipping and arming 8 ships in addition to the 6 ships they prepared for the king's war in Scotland, and that they can have due allowance for the same, they having this by the writ of the king which ordered them to prepare the boats.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should go to Chancery and if such a writ emanated from there let it be ordered by writ of Chancery to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that when they have viewed the writ they should make allowance in the debts owed at the Exchequer.
- Places mentioned
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- John Perebroun (Perbroun), then admiral.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated to 1325 on the basis of the close roll entry to make allowance to the petitioners. In addition, John Perbroun served as admiral of the north in 1322 and again in 1323 so that the petition must postdate his service. The petition does make mention of a regnal year, but this is not clear due to damage to the petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another later petition by the same petitioners in part on the same matter see SC 8/54/2661
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.432 (order to the treasurer and barons to view the king's writ and to account with them and make allowance)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210147/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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