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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Thorney and Wigsley. King and council. The people of Thorney and Wigsley...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/263/13114
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This record is about the People of Thorney and Wigsley. King and council. The people of Thorney and Wigsley... dating from [1334] 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 8/263/13114
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Thorney and Wigsley.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Thorney and Wigsley state that they and the hamlet of Broadholme used to respond and present together at eyres and elsewhere with four people and the reeve until the last eyre at Nottingham when the prioress of Broadholme brought a writ that she and her tenants did not need to do service to the king, so that the justices of eyre stopped proceedings against them. The petitioners claimed that they could not present or answer without the aid of Broadholme, but the justices would not allow this and amerced them. They request remedy and that they be discharged of their service as the prioress has been discharged.
- Nature of endorsement
- It appears to the council that this petition is unreasonable.
- Places mentioned
- Thorney, Nottinghamshire
- Wigsley, Nottinghamshire
- Broadholme, [Nottinghamshire]
- Nottinghamshire.
- People mentioned
- William de Herle, justice in eyre
- Prioress of Broadholme.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1334, since this is the date of the parliament to which it belongs (Rot. Parl. Vol. II, p. 83).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an almost identical petition see SC 8/12/551
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.83a (no.43) (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517058/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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