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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Carlisle. King. The people of Carlisle request an inquisition into the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15664
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This record is about the People of Carlisle. King. The people of Carlisle request an inquisition into the... dating from [? c. 1333] 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 8/331/15664
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1333]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Carlisle.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people of Carlisle request an inquisition into the names of the people who have accroached parts of the King's fishery in the River Eden between Fishgarth Holme and Rockcliffe, which fishery has always been annexed to the town of Carlisle in aid of their farm, and that when the inquisition has been returned in Chancery, that they may have remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Certain people should be assigned in Chancery to enquire into the King's right to the fishery, and if it is annexed to the farm of the town, and into the names of the malefactors, and when they have fished and within what bounds, and how many times and for how long, and with what manner of device, and what kind of fish and of what value, and into all other necessary things etc. And the inquisition should be returned in Chancery so that the King can then ordain what should be done.
- Places mentioned
- River Eden, [Cumberland]
- Fishgarth Holme, [Cumberland]
- Rockcliffe, [Cumberland]
- Carlisle, [Cumberland].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition likely dates to c. 1333, when the abbot of St Mary's, York presented a petition which mentioned that an inquisition had wrongly found that he had been accroaching parts of the King's fishery in the River Eden (CPR 1330-4, pp. 441-2).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Royal Letter 4690.
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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 III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.441-2 (commission of enquiry into petition of abbot of St Mary's, York, mentioning inquisition which wrongly found he had been accroaching parts of the King's fishery in the River Eden)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683075/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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