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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/165/8226
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/130/6492
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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, Edw II, vol. V, 1324-1327, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.74 (commission to survey weirs on either side of the Trent)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294071/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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