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Clergy of London and its suburbs. King and council in parliament. The clergy of London...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/22/1052

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Reference
SC 8/22/1052
Date
[? 1394]
Description
Petitioners
Clergy of London and its suburbs.
Addressees
King and council in parliament.
Nature of request
The clergy of London and its suburbs request that it might be ordained in this parliament that they might be quit and discharged of a special tax to be levied by the Mayor and Aldermen of London, as they have always been quit of all taxes and impositions, except for the taxes granted by the clergy and commons of the realm.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
London.
People mentioned
Mayor and Aldermen of London.
Note
Dated on the guard to '? 1394', and assigned by Rot. Parl. vol. III p.325a (no. 3) to 17 Richard II (22 June 1393 - 21 June 1394).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5056
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.325a (no.3) (full edition of original petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061215/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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