Catalogue description Petitioners: Merchants of London. Addressees: King and council. Nature of...

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Details of SC 8/259/12922
Reference: SC 8/259/12922
Description:
Petitioners: Merchants of London.
Addressees: King and council.
Nature of request: The merchants of London complain about illegal kiddles, stakes and piles, which catch fish that is too young, and therefore useless, to the great harm of the people, and also block the river Thames, so that ships cannot travel along it safely. They ask that these obstacles, which are contrary to the Great Charter and to the grants of the King's progenitors, might be removed, and that the Mayor might be instructed to deal with this, as he did in the past.
Nature of endorsement: Faithful people are to be appointed in Chancery in various counties where it is necessary to survey the kiddles, stakes and piles, and to inquire into this etc., as is the custom, and to remove all kiddles, and also stakes and piles which are harmful to those passing with ships along the Thames, and to punish the trespassers who afterwards offend in this way, and to do other things required by these things etc.
Places mentioned: London; River Thames; River Medway.
Note: CPR 1327-30 p.150 is dated 8 May 1327, and may be in response to this petition. CPR 1327-30 p.240 is dated 25 February 1328.
Date: [? c. 1327]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.150 (commission to inquire into, and remove, illegal kiddles) & p.240 (writ of aid for the persons deputed to remove kiddles)

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