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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Great Yarmouth. King. The people request that they be able to account and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/177/8840
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This record is about the People of Great Yarmouth. King. The people request that they be able to account and... dating from [c. 1313] 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 8/177/8840
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1313]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Great Yarmouth.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people request that they be able to account and have allowance for debts incurred in the wars of Scotland, Wales and Gascony, and for building galleys, against debts they owe to the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let a writ of Chancery be directed to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they view and examine if the debts within contained are owed; and for those that are clearly owed they should make allowance in the debts that they owe to the king of every kind.
- Places mentioned
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- Wales
- Gascony, [France]
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- John de Kirkeby (Kirkby), treasurer.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1313 as it clearly precedes a writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to execute all unexecuted writs in the people of Great Yarmouth's favour (CCR 1307-13, p.511).
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.511 (order to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to execute all unexecuted writ of allowance in favour of the people)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294708/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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