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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bailiffs and citizens of Canterbury. King. The bailiffs and citizens of Kent make...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/19/906
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This record is about the Bailiffs and citizens of Canterbury. King. The bailiffs and citizens of Kent make... dating from [c. 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 8/19/906
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bailiffs and citizens of Canterbury.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The bailiffs and citizens of Kent make two requests:1) That they may be able to collect certain customs listed in the petition for a period of five years, in aid of the building of the walls of Canterbury;2) That they may have a warrant to make valuations of all rents and farms of houses within the city, and to levy and collect this sum for the benefit of the walls.
- Nature of endorsement
- With regard to the first article, he is to have murage in the common form for five years; and with regard to the second, it is to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Canterbirs (Canterbury), [Kent].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1377-81 p.49 is dated at Westminster, 1 April 1378, and shows that concern for the upkeep of the walls was current then. A note on the guard dates the petition to '?1377' on the basis of this. However, the petitions in Rot. Parl. III, pp.50-54 are assigned to the parliament held at Gloucester on the Wednesday after the feast of St Luke, 2 Richard II (1378), so the petition is dated c. 1378.
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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 1957
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.49 (commission of the peace to various persons in part of Kent, with the granting of various profits to the mayor, bailiffs and community of Canterbury for the upkeep of the walls)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.53a (no.11) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061059/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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