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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bailiffs of the Cinque Ports; Bailiffs of the town of Great Yarmouth. King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8414
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This record is about the Bailiffs of the Cinque Ports; Bailiffs of the town of Great Yarmouth. King and council.... dating from [1318] 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 8/169/8414
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bailiffs of the Cinque Ports; Bailiffs of the town of Great Yarmouth.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The bailiffs request an oyer and terminer to be held by Stanton and others, and that the sheriff be commanded by writ that the fair be maintained as has been ordained after the grant of the fair. The bailiffs keep the peace of the fair but the people of Little Yarmouth came and entered the fair and by force and arms beat and wounded them and rescued many attachments made for their customs, namely money and armour to their great damage and in contempt of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- Buteturte, Thorp and Mutford are to be assigned to hear and determine the matters contained in the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Cinque Ports
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- Little Yarmouth, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- People of Little Yarmouth
- Hervy de Stanton
- Simon de Hedersete
- John Claver
- John Botetourt (Buteturte)
- John de Thorp
- Richard de Mutford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1318 as a commission of oyer and terminer was issued on 12 November 1318 into the matter (CPR 1317-21, p.290).
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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. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.290 (commission of oyer and terminer to those assigned in the response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294261/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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