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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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Knights representing Kent in the present parliament. King and lords of parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/19/905
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This record is about the Knights representing Kent in the present parliament. King and lords of parliament.... dating from [? 1378] 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 8/19/905
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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
- Knights representing Kent in the present parliament.
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The knights representing Kent in the present parliament request that it might be ordained that their wages be paid by the commons of the county, as happens elsewhere, although their wages have previously been levied from knights' fees in the county, as it is planned to hold more parliaments, and this will be too much of a burden on the holders of such fees.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is to be done as has been the case previously.
- Places mentioned
- Kent.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This is dated to 1378-9 by the details given in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.175, where it is noted as 'petitions in parliament' from 2 Richard II, taken from the originals. Specifically, the petitions on pp.50-54 are assigned to the parliament held at Gloucester on the Wednesday after the feast of St Luke, 2 Richard II (1378), while those on pp.69-70 are ascribed to the parliament held at Westminster at the quinzaine of Easter (1379).
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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 4627
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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.53a (no.10) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061058/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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