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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Barons of the Cinque Ports. King and council. [Petition in three parts:]1) The barons...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/328/E875
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This record is about the Barons of the Cinque Ports. King and council. [Petition in three parts:]1) The barons... dating from [c. 1295-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 8/328/E875
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295-c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Barons of the Cinque Ports.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in three parts:]1) The barons show that they owe the service of [...] for fifteen days including the day that they leave their home but this is not now allowed and they request that they might be brought back in line with the service given in Domesday.2) They request that they be restored to their right estate which they and their ancestors had at Yarmouth during the fair, namely real jurisdiction and justice and all manner of jurisdictions before their own bailiffs, receiving all manner of plaintiffs, as they have been ousted by the king's bailiff.3) They request confirmation of there charters of the king's ancestors, namely that they ought not to be impleaded nor answer in any case or for any reason except at the court of Shipway.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- He should wait until the next parliament.2) Coram rege ad [...].3) They are to come [and have] writs according to the charter.
- Places mentioned
- Cinque Ports
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1295-c. 1315 on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9682870/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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