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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the county of Nottinghamshire. King and council. The people of the county...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/8/374
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This record is about the People of the county of Nottinghamshire. King and council. The people of the county... dating from [1324-1325] 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 8/8/374
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1324-1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the county of Nottinghamshire.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of the county of Nottinghamshire, passing between Kelham and Newark, request a remedy for the accroachment of the king's highway between these two places by the Lady of Averham, who demands heavy charges from the people using it, although it has been free for all people passing that way from time immemorial.
- Nature of endorsement
- Certain faithful people are to be appointed, with the sheriff, to enquire into the contents of the petition and to inform the king of this in Chancery; and what is just will be done there.
- Places mentioned
- Kelm (Kelham), Nottinghamshire
- Newark, Nottinghamshire
- Egrum (Averham), [Nottinghamshire].
- People mentioned
- [Agnes de Sutton] Lady of Averham.
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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 6212
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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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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.424b, no.31 (full edition of a later copy of the 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. 416-429, no. 31 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060498/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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