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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bailiffs and Commonalty of Great Yarmouth. King. Letter from the bailiffs and people...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/182/9063
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/182/9063
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1316
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bailiffs and Commonalty of Great Yarmouth.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Letter from the bailiffs and people of Great Yarmouth requesting remedy for Thorpe and others, merchants and burgesses of Great Yarmouth. They state that they had laden their ships at Rouen bound for Great Yarmouth, but were attacked at sea off the coast of Dieppe by men of the Count of Flanders, who stole goods to the value of £279.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- Rouen, Normandy, [France]
- Depe (Dieppe), [Normandy, France].
- People mentioned
- Bartholomew de Thorpe
- Robert de Gimingham
- Eustace de Hapesburgh (Happisburgh)
- Roger de Wykemere (Wickmere)
- John de Trunch
- [Robert III of Bethune], Count of Flanders.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated in the dating clause to 24 March 1316.
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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. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.448 (letter to Robert, Count of Flanders on this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294940/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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