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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Community of Ipswich. King and council. The community of Ipswich requests remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15566
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This record is about the Community of Ipswich. King and council. The community of Ipswich requests remedy... dating from [c. 1353] 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 8/311/15566
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1353]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Ipswich.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The community of Ipswich requests remedy because the path to the town is so neglected that foreign merchants and merchants from the surrounding counties no longer come to the town to trade their wool.
- Nature of endorsement
- Plea of the ordinance of the Staple.
- Places mentioned
- Ipswich, [Suffolk]
- Essex
- Cambridge
- Norfolk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1353 or later since the endorsement refers to the Ordinance of the Staple.
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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/C9682576/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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