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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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Constable and Marshal of England. King and Council. Constable and Marshal of England...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/18/887
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This record is about the Constable and Marshal of England. King and Council. Constable and Marshal of England... dating from [c. 1377] 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 8/18/887
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Constable and Marshal of England.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- Constable and Marshal of England
- Nature of request
- The Constable and Marshal of England state that they are established to do right and execution of justice in the king's name in all the cases of which they have the cognisance throughout the realm, but that the king's officers, their deputies, are hindered and prevented from doing this by the Mayor and sheriffs of London, on the grounds that they have a franchise, in prejudice of the king's majesty and dishonour of his officers. They request that the Mayor, sheriffs and other officers of London be summoned before the council to answer on this matter, and that a remedy be swiftly ordained.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Mayor of London
- Sheriffs of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Rot. Parl. vol. III p.30b (no. 4) assigns this petition to 1 Richard II (22 June 1377 - 21 June 1378), but such dating is not always very accurate.
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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 1928
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.30b (no. 4) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061040/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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