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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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Archbishops, bishops, prelates, earls and barons, and the other great lords of the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/181
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This record is about the Archbishops, bishops, prelates, earls and barons, and the other great lords of the... dating from [c. 1320] 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 8/4/181
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Archbishops, bishops, prelates, earls and barons, and the other great lords of the land.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The great lords request remedy concerning the levying of scutage which the great lords were accustomed to give for their lordships, but which is now being demanded by a summons out of the Exchequer for several years of the reign of Edward I, and for Edward II for the Welsh and Scottish wars. It seems to the great lords that they are being treated harshly that the king wishes to levy scutage as they fully made their service towards the king and his ancestors.
- Nature of endorsement
- Those who are burdened are to come into Chancery, and remedy is to be made to them upon the things in this petition. l petition, but a verbatim recital of it amongst lengthy legal proceedings. It seems likely that the petition is earlier than 1320, and was simply receiving attention in the 1320 parliament.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1320 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.365 for the parliament held on Monday in the octave of St Michael, 14 Edward II. The enrolment in Rot. Parl., vol I. pp.383b-384a (no. 114) is not the actual petition, but a verbatim recital of it amongst lengthy legal proceedings. It seems likely that the petition is earlier than 1320, and was simply receiving attention in the 1320 parliament.
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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 3053
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.286 (order to the sheriffs of England to make proclamations for the provision of information on the fees held by the great lords)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.383b-384a (no.114) (full transcript of petition amongst legal proceedings on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060301/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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