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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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Community of Sussex. King and council. The community request that a place be assigned...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/157
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This record is about the Community of Sussex. King and council. The community request that a place be assigned... dating from [1336] 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 8/4/157
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1336]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Sussex.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The community request that a place be assigned in the county for the holding of the county court, that a gaol be sited in the county, and the sheriff be in that place to receive writs from the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- The sheriff is ordered that he hold the county court in a place where it is accustomed to be held for the profit of the king, and the ease of the people.
- Places mentioned
- Sussex
- Surrey.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1336. The date for this stems from a note on the guard. This is based on the commission issued on 2 May 1336 to establish a place for the court to be held (CPR 1334-8, p.289). The commission was prompted by a petition, and it seems likely that it was this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For an earlier petition by same petitioners on the same matter, see SC 8/4/158
For a related petition, see SC 8/259/12913
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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)
- Parliamentary Petition 7419
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.289 (commission concerning the location of the county court)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.379a-b (Latin summary of SC 8/4/158 on same matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060277/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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