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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
People of the vills of Gressenhall and Great Fransham. [Lost]. [The petition is badly...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/343/16168
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This record is about the People of the vills of Gressenhall and Great Fransham. [Lost]. [The petition is badly... dating from [c. 1330-c. 1355] 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 8/343/16168
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330-c. 1355]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the vills of Gressenhall and Great Fransham.
- Addressees
- [Lost].
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged with portions missing from both the right and left sides, and with portions of the remainder being illegible].The people make a complaint concerning their assessment for taxation and state that they have nothing to live on, no their land to gain. Reference is made to what they paid in the last tax, and to their losses in a storm. They request that they be discharged of the fifteenth for this time or [...] go into exile, or that it be ordered to the collectors that the people of the vills [...].
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.Let certain people be assigned to enquire of the things contained in this petition, and when the inquisition has been returned, let the king be advised.
- Places mentioned
- Gressenhall, [Norfolk]
- Great Fransham, [Norfolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1330-c. 1355 on the basis of the hand.
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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)
- Chancery Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 30 Oct. 1924).
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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/C9736649/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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