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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons in parliament. King. It is stated that diverse menial servants have recently...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/25/1221
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This record is about the Commons in parliament. King. It is stated that diverse menial servants have recently... dating from [1455] 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 8/25/1221
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1455]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons in parliament.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- It is stated that diverse menial servants have recently stolen the goods of their masters following their death. They request that if executors inform the chancellor of such activities then the individuals are to be summoned by proclamation, and if they fail to attend that then they can be attainted of felony, and if they appear at the day that they were summoned to then they can be imprisoned by the judges, and released on finding sufficient surety.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king wishes it.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to parliament held at Westminster 33 Henry VI by heading in Rot. Parl. Vol. V, p.278. This was the parliament held from 9 July 1455.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a document formerly enclosed with this one see C 49/17/11
For the petition to which this was formerly attached see SC 8/27/1306
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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 7468
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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. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.322a-b (no.1) (full edition of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061394/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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