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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Cavendish, citizen of London. Cavendish John King and lords of parliament. John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/22/1093
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/22/1093
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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
- John Cavendish, citizen of London.
- Name(s)
- Cavendish, John
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- John Cavendish, citizen of London, presents a copy of a letter to the Mayor and Aldermen of London, dated 5 July, 3 Henry IV, complaining that he has sued by bill for ten years and more to the Mayor and Aldermen of London, requesting a remedy for certain faults and wrongs committed by the sheriffs and their officers, making especial mention of the bailiwicks of Billingsgate, Queenhithe, Smithfield, and Cheap, and the prisons of Newgate and Ludgate, and has petitioned the king on the subject, but that they have made false accusations about him to the king, and have refused to let him be heard, which is what he requests of them. He asks the king and lords to ordain a remedy in the present parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king wills that the Earl of Worcester and the others named in the schedule attached to this petition, with other persons to be named by the king, are to be appointed to examine the matter contained in the same petition by all good means that seem appropriate to them at their discretion, and to report on this in Chancery.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Billingsgate, London
- Queenhithe, London
- Smithfield, London
- Cheap, London
- Newgate, London
- Ludgate, London
- Waltham Cross, [Hertfordshire]
- Edmonton, [Middlesex]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Mayor and Aldermen of London
- Sheriffs of London
- [Thomas Percy], Earl of Worcester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1402, on the grounds that the letter recited in the petition is dated 5 July in the third year of the king's reign: if the king is Henry IV, this would be 1402. The petition would then be presented to the next parliament, that of September 1402. It cannot really be any later, as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, was executed in July 1403.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The schedule of persons to be appointed to the commission to enquire into this matter is SC 8/22/1094
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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 2274
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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.518b-520a (no.20) (full edition of original petition and attached list of names, or of later copy)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061259/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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