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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Prelates and clergy of the realm of England. King and council. The prelates and clergy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/19/901
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/19/901
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prelates and clergy of the realm of England.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The prelates and clergy of the realm of England state that whereas they have granted two tenths to the king, and the commons have granted two fifteenths at the last parliament, the collectors and sub-collectors of this fifteenth, in the city of London and elsewhere, have by colour of their commission levied large sums of money and taken various distraints from the clergy, against their will, contrary to the franchise of Holy Church and their commission, and otherwise than has previously been done. They request a swift and sufficient remedy in the present parliament, in salvation of the liberties and franchises of Holy Church.
- Nature of endorsement
- [The response can be seen on the attached schedule].
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Commons of the realm of England
- Collectors and sub-collectors of the fifteenths granted by the commons.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The two tenths and fifteenths, mentioned as being granted at the last parliament, were granted at the parliament held at Westminster, at the quinzaine of Michaelmas, 1 Richard II (1377) (Rot. Parl. vol. III, p.7a-b). This petition seems to have been presented to the next parliament, that is the one held at Gloucester on the Wednesday after the feast of St Luke, 2 Richard II (1378): confirmation of this is found in Rot. Parl. III vol. III, p.86b, where the ordinance embodied in the endorsement is made into a statute at the parliament held at Westminster on the Monday following the feast of St Hilary, 3 Richard II (1380).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the response to this petition see SC 8/19/902
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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 2075
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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.52a-b (no.7) (full edition of original petition and its response); p.7a-b (grant of two tenths and fifteenths); p.36a (enrolment of previous grant of two tenths and fifteenths on the parliament roll); p.86b (the ordinance embodied in the endorsement is turned into a statute)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061054/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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