Piece
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
Item
People of Churchill next to Kidderminster in the county of Worcester. King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/13/610
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This record is about the People of Churchill next to Kidderminster in the county of Worcester. King and council.... dating from [1348] 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 8/13/610
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1348]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Churchill next to Kidderminster in the county of Worcester.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people show that they are distrained for the wool and money of the tax, and all their goods are not sufficient for half the sum. Their land is poor and much lays fallow, and many of the people have left the land, and the remainder are impoverished. They request that a writ be sent to the collectors of wool and the assessors that no more tax is levied of them as they cannot endure it, otherwise it will be necessary for them to leave the land forever.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Churchill, Worcestershire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This is dated to 1348 by the details given in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.175; see also PROME, parliament of January-February 1348, appendix, no. 29.
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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 1421
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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. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.181b (no.25) (full edition of a later copy 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), parliament of January-February 1348, appendix, no. 29 (summary of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060749/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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