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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 Lincolnshire. King and council. The community of Lincolnshire complain...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/6/259
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This record is about the Community of Lincolnshire. King and council. The community of Lincolnshire complain... dating from [1322] 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 8/6/259
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Lincolnshire.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The community of Lincolnshire complain that, although they have been greatly impoverished by plague of their animals, flooding of low-lying land, failure of corn and people taken and put to ransom by the king's rebels and enemies, and although, through malice or fear of these enemies, many have abandoned their lands, so that much of the land of the county is unsown, Robert Darcy and Piers Breton are demanding 4000 well-armed foot-soldiers from the community, with 10 shillings per soldier for expenses - which the county cannot afford. They also complain that the king's bailiffs and ministers have taken corn and malt for his use, to the great harm of the county. They request that he consider their misfortunes, protesting that they are ready to give him what help they can, if it is done with the counsel of men of good will who know the county.
- Nature of endorsement
- With regard to the assessment of the people, the ordinance has changed.With regard to prises, if they take other than as they should, they are to have their recovery in accordance with the statute.
- Places mentioned
- Lincolnshire.
- People mentioned
- Robert Darcy
- Peter Breton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1322 on the basis of patent roll references: CPR 1321-4::p.97 is dated at Pontefract, 25 March 1322, with the appointment of the new commissioners made on 6 May 1322. This petition must therefore have been presented between 25 March and 6 May 1322.CCR 1318-23 p.549 is dated at York, 11 May 1322.
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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 5278
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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.549 (order to these men not to take men from Spalding, as they have made a separate agreement)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.97 (commission to Robert Darcy, Robert Breton and Peter Breton to levy 4000 footmen in Lincolnshire, with William de Isny and Simon de Lunderthorp later substituted for Bretons)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.400b, no.79 (full edition of original petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl. vol. I, pp.387-415, no.79 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060379/
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