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Commons of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. King and council. The commons...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/165/8226

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This record is about the Commons of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. King and council. The commons... dating from [? 1324] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/165/8226
Date
[? 1324]
Description
Petitioners
Commons of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The commons of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire request remedy against Monbocher and his men, who arrest the boats on the River Trent until a ransom is paid for their return. The River Trent is the King's highway and has always been common and free to all people passing with their goods by boat.
Nature of endorsement
Certain men in Chancery should be assigned to enquire into the matters contained in this petition and into the disturbance etc. and the inquest should be returned in Chancery and viewed by the King and justice should be done.
Places mentioned
Nottinghamshire
Lincolnshire
Yorkshire.
People mentioned
Bertram Monbocher.
Note
Dated on guard to? 1324, with reference to CPR 1324-7, p. 74, a 1324 commission to survey the weirs on either side of the Trent between Nottingham and Gainsborough.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/130/6492

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.74 (commission to survey weirs on either side of the Trent)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294071/

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