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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Men of the vill of Cranbrook. King and council. The men request that the letters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8421
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This record is about the Men of the vill of Cranbrook. King and council. The men request that the letters... dating from [1357] 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 8/169/8421
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1357]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Men of the vill of Cranbrook.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The men request that the letters patent preventing alien merchants from coming by water further inland than Winchelsea be repealed as the prohibition is to their great harm, as they have nothing else to sustain them than to sell their firewood.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the patent mentioned in this petition be repealed so that the common people are able to sell their firewood in the places where they are accustomed to do, but they are not to commit fraud by colour of this and ship wool and other customable goods against the form of the statute.
- Places mentioned
- Cranbrook, [Kent]
- Winchelsea, [Sussex]
- Reading, [Kent]
- Bodiam, [Sussex]
- Maytham, [Kent]
- Newenden, [Kent].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1357 as the petition was answered by an order revoking the writ complained of in the petition (CPR 1354-8, pp.578-9).
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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 III, vol. X, 1354-1358, (Public Record Office, 1910), pp.578-9 (order revoking the writ, and allowing the petitioners to enjoy the sale of their firewood)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294268/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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