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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Little Yarmouth, Gorleston and Lothingland. King and council. The people...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/259/12906
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This record is about the People of Little Yarmouth, Gorleston and Lothingland. King and council. The people... dating from [? c. 1307] 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 8/259/12906
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Little Yarmouth, Gorleston and Lothingland.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Little Yarmouth, Gorleston and Lothingland ask that they might have the usages that they and their ancestors enjoyed, namely that ships loaded with victuals might dock and unload there, as these usages have been denied them by a charter granted in the last days of the late King to the people of Great Yarmouth by Walter de Langton, then, Treasurer, without an inquiry into to whose harm this was, without a writ under the targe, and without payment of a fine to the King, as this is greatly to the King's harm.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Little Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- Gorleston, [Norfolk]
- Luddynglond (Lothingland), [Suffolk]
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- [Edward I], King of England
- Walter de Langton, Treasurer of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1301-7 p.455 is dated 22 July 1306. From the content this petition would seem to date from the early years of Edward II.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/164/8172
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.455 (grant of free sale of fish and other goods to the burgesses of Great Yarmouth)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440519/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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