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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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Mayor, Aldermen and Community of London. King. The Mayor, Aldermen and Community...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/21/1050
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This record is about the Mayor, Aldermen and Community of London. King. The Mayor, Aldermen and Community... dating from [1394] 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 8/21/1050
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1394]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, Aldermen and Community of London.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Mayor, Aldermen and Community of London request that, as the ward of Farringdon has grown so large that it cannot be governed by one person, it might be split into two wards, Farringdon Within and Farringdon Without, and that each might choose an alderman before the feast of St Gregory next; and that these two aldermen might be established, and not removed except for a reasonable cause.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king has granted this petition, with the advice and assent of his council.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Farringdon, [London].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Enrolled on the roll of the parliament held at Westminster at the Quinzaine of St Hilary, 17 Richard II (1394) (Rot. Parl. vol. III, pp.317b-318b)
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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 5041
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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), pp.317b-318b (transcription of petition on parliament roll, with amplified form of response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061213/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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