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Thomas Thurkild, burgess of Great Yarmouth. Thurkild Thomas King. Thomas Thurkild,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/236/11768
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This record is about the Thomas Thurkild, burgess of Great Yarmouth. Thurkild Thomas King. Thomas Thurkild,... dating from [c. 1278] 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 8/236/11768
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1278]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Thurkild, burgess of Great Yarmouth.
- Name(s)
- Thurkild, Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Thomas Thurkild, burgess of Great Yarmouth, states that he complained to the King at Northbourne about certain trespasses committed against him by the community of Great Yarmouth, and the King gave him a commission to John de Lovetot and Ellis de Bekingham, to inquire into this matter and further to do what justice and the custom of the realm requires. The justices took the inquisition, but because of certain difficulties they deferred the judgment to Westminster at the feast of All Souls. The judgment has now been delayed beyond this day, and Thomas asks the King to order the justices to proceed to judgment without delay, and further to do what should be done by right, and according to the law and custom of the realm.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- Northbourne, [Kent]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- The community of Great Yarmouth
- John de Lovetot (Luvetot), justice
- Ellis de Bekingham (Beckingham), justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1272-81 p.286 is dated 6 February 1278; this petition would seem to date from shortly after the following feast of All Souls.
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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)
- Latin
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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 I, vol. I, 1272-1281, (Public Record Office, 1901), p.286 (commission of oyer et terminer to John de Lovetot and Ellis de Bekingham on this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335327/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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