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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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None specified. King, lords spiritual and temporal and commons. The petition complains...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/24/1165
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This record is about the None specified. King, lords spiritual and temporal and commons. The petition complains... dating from 1421 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 8/24/1165
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1421
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- None specified.
- Addressees
- King, lords spiritual and temporal and commons.
- Nature of request
- The petition complains about the evils brought about by unqualified physicians, and asks that in future no man should practise in physic without being either a bachelor or doctor of physic from some university, and that he should have letters attesting to this qualification, that no woman should practise in physic, and that the sheriffs should inquire into this matter in their tourns. It also asks that a warrant should be sent to the sheriffs that those who have hitherto practised without qualifications should by a certain day have presented themselves at a university to be examined in the subject.
- Nature of endorsement
- The answer to this petition is found on the roll of this parliament, held on 2 May, in the ninth year of the reign of King Henry, the fifth since the conquest, no. xi.
- People mentioned
- Physicians (doctors).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- As it says on the dorse, this petition was presented to the parliament held at Westminster on 2 May, 9 Henry V (1421).
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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 6768
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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)
- English
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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. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.158a-b (no.1) (full edition of original petition) & p.130b (French summary of petition on parliament roll, with response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061334/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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