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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the town of Great Yarmouth. King and council. The people request that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/324/E652
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This record is about the People of the town of Great Yarmouth. King and council. The people request that the... dating from [c. 1315] 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 8/324/E652
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the town of Great Yarmouth.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request that the king will ordain certain people who are able to levy the forfeits of goods on the people and tenants of Little Yarmouth and Gorleston to maintain the judgment rendered in the suit between the earl of Richmond and those people and tenants, and the petitioners as the people and tenants attracted ships to Little Yarmouth to sell their merchandises against the judgment.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- Little Yarmouth, [Norfolk]
- Gorleston-on-Sea, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- John de Bretaigne (Bretagne), earl of Richmond
- People and tenants of Little Yarmouth and Gorleston.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1316 as it seems to be after protected legal action over the dispute which was current in the period 1314-1316 (CCR 1313-18, p.251; CPR 1313-17, pp. 232, 324).
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.251 (order to the justices to adjourn concerning this dispute preparatory to final settlement of the dispute)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.232, 324 (commission of oyer and terminer and commission into the dispute
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682646/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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