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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
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Citizens of Norwich. King and council. The citizens request that they are granted...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E854
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This record is about the Citizens of Norwich. King and council. The citizens request that they are granted... dating from [c.1307-c. 1320] 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 8/327/E854
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c.1307-c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Citizens of Norwich.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The citizens request that they are granted murage for [...] years to complete the enclosure of the city and the making of the gates, and that those foreigners holding lands and tenements in the city aid the citizens reasonably.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Norwich, [Norfolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1307-c. 1320 on the basis of the hand. The guard note suggests 1297 on the basis of the grant of murage for seven years dating to 14 December 1297, but the hand of the petition seems later, and the number of years requested in the petition is not entirely legible so not may be for seven years (CPR 1292-1301, p. 327).
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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. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.327 (grant of murage for seven years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682849/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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