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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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English people of the county of Pembroke. King and lords of parliament. The English...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/22/1092
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This record is about the English people of the county of Pembroke. King and lords of parliament. The English... dating from [1402] 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 8/22/1092
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- English people of the county of Pembroke.
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The English people of the county of Pembroke complain that the practice has recently begun of imprisoning, arraigning and putting people to answer by a simple accusation, without indictment by inquest or other due process, and they request that it be ordained in the present parliament that English people in the said county are not to be arrested, imprisoned, arraigned or put to answer without an indictment or accusation made by due inquest, and that they are to be allowed their challenges as the common law wishes, and as the king's other lieges and subjects do.
- Nature of endorsement
- Le roy le voet (The king wills it).
- Places mentioned
- Pembrokeshire, [Wales].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable by reference to CPR 1401-5 p.179.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A related petition is SC 8/338/E1197
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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 6689
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.36 (brief calendar of petition
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.179 (exemplification of the petition and response)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.518a (no.16) (full edition of original petition, or of later copy)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061258/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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