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? No Petitioner named Writ of Richard II, ordering the Mayor and bailiffs of Lincoln...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/21/1023B

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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ of Richard II, ordering the Mayor and bailiffs of Lincoln... dating from 1390 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/21/1023B
Date
1390
Description
Petitioners
? No Petitioner named
Nature of request
Writ of Richard II, ordering the Mayor and bailiffs of Lincoln to appear before the king and his council in parliament at Westminster on the Tuesday after the feast of the Purification, with sufficient instruction and information concerning all the matters contained in the petition enclosed in the writ, and with sufficient power and authority under the common seal of the city to answer for themselves and the community of the city concerning everything contained in the petition, and to discuss and come to a final decision on these things, and to do and receive what the king and his council ordains in this matter, on pain of £200.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
Richard [II], King of England
the Mayor and bailiffs of Lincoln
John [Buckingham (Bokyngham)], Bishop of Lincoln
the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln.
Note
Dated at Westminster, 28 [January] 13 Richard II (1390).
Related material

The petition to which this writ relates is SC 8/21/1023A

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5071
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061184/

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