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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the vill of Wiggenhall, Norfolk. King and council. The people request that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/170/8456
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This record is about the People of the vill of Wiggenhall, Norfolk. King and council. The people request that... dating from [? 1337] 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 8/170/8456
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the vill of Wiggenhall, Norfolk.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request that the sheriff be commanded not to deliver the beasts of a rebel whose default of repair of the sea banks caused 200 acres to be flooded, as the failure of bank in the night could caused 2,000 acres of land to be lost to the sea. Ingaldesthorp and his companions were assigned by the king's father to ordain for the salvation of the marshland and for the repair of the sea banks and assigned keepers, the record and process being sent into Chancery and a writ made commanding the repair.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered by writ comprising the effect of this petition to the sheriff that of the things taken for the repair of the banks and . . . he should not make delivery.
- Places mentioned
- Wiggenhall, Norfolk.
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Ingaldesthorp (Ingoldisthorpe).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition probably dates to 1337 as it appears likely that the flooding referred to in the petition was the same flooding referred to in three other petitions from neighbouring communities (SC 8/76/3762; SC 8/78/3856; SC 8/152/7565).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/76/3762
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294304/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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