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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Elys of Great Yarmouth. Elys William King and council. Assertion of the petitioners'...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/211/10505
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This record is about the William Elys of Great Yarmouth. Elys William King and council. Assertion of the petitioners'... dating from [c. 1356-c. 1377] 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 8/211/10505
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1356-c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Elys of Great Yarmouth.
- Name(s)
- Elys, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Assertion of the petitioners' rights to the manor of Blo Norton.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let him come into chancery and right will be done.
- Places mentioned
- Blo Norton, Norfolk
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Brom
- Robert de Brom
- William [Bernak (Barnak)], son and heir of John Bernak
- John Bernak (Barnak)
- Robert Barnak, brother of John Barnak
- John de Olneye
- Ralph de Crombewell (Cromwell)
- Eve de Tateshale (Tattershall)
- John de Orby
- Adam de Clifton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1354-60, p. 266 records the outcome of proceedings in chancery in 30 Edward III over the claim of Adam Clifton to the manor, referred to in the petition; this provides a terminus a quo for the date of the petition itself, which presumably dates from some years later, within the reign of Edward III.
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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)
- Proceedings against the Crown (1216-1377), Ludwik Ehrlich, (, 1921), pp.254-5 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334062/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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