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Barons of the Cinque Ports. King. [Petition in three parts:]1) Whereas the barons...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/320/E433
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/320/E433
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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
- Barons of the Cinque Ports.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in three parts:]1) Whereas the barons are enfranchised of to have the Strand and Dene at Yarmouth and real justice to amend and redress the purprestures, the people of Yarmouth have come and enclosed the Strand so that they cannot have their ways as they and their ancestors have had, and the people of Yarmouth have raised certain houses on certain parts of the Strand to the detriment of the king and his people, and have made purprestures upon 'le Ryvage' so that their ships cannot arrive in times of the fair as they ought to their disinheritance.2) Whereas they ought, in times of fair, to carry the banner of the king and their horn for their people assembled, there came the people of Yarmouth and cut their horn from their sergeant and broke it against the peace of the king, and detain it still, and will not suffer their bailiffs to do their office as they ought to do to their disinheritance and great damage.3) The barons complain of an assault by a ship of Yarmouth on a ship of Winchelsea that was going against the king's enemies. They put all these matters they rely upon the king [for remedy].
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition was received by the king from the Cinque Ports at the third week of Easter at Westminster in the 9th year, and upon this the king wishes to have advice and will say his will, and likewise the petition of the people of Yarmouth have delivered to him against those of the Cinque Ports is attached to this petition.
- Places mentioned
- Cinque Ports
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- Westminster
- Strand in Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- Denes in Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- 'Le Ryvage' [in Yarmouth], [Norfolk]
- Winchelsea, [Sussex].
- People mentioned
- People of Yarmouth.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1416 as the response refers to the petition being received in the third week of Easter in the 9th year of [Edw. II]. In addition the king intervened in the dispute as it escalated in that same year as is made clear in an entry in the patent rolls of 14 July 1316 (CPR 1313-17, p.514). It is possible that this petition and the petition that follows it are the grievances submitted by both parties referred to in the patent roll entry.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the petition of the people of Great Yarmouth referred to in the response, see SC 8/320/E434
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529485/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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