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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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Commons of parliament. King and lords of parliament. The commons request a remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/22/1070
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This record is about the Commons of parliament. King and lords of parliament. The commons request a remedy... dating from [1397] 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 8/22/1070
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1397]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of parliament.
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The commons request a remedy for the fact that every day villeins belonging to lords, bishops. abbots, priors and other nobles (gentiles) flee to merchant towns, which claim the right to hold them by their franchises, and do hold them so that their owners cannot have them back, thus encouraging others to flee and to refuse to perform their services, while their owners cannot force them, for fear of their flight.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- People mentioned
- Villeins of the realm.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Although this petition is edited by Rot. Parl. vol. III p.448a (no. 6) as belonging to 1399, a note on the guard assigns it to 1397, with reference to SC 8/22/1069.
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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 2012
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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.448a (no.6) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061234/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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