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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons in parliament The commons request having consideration that it was so ordained...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/26/1285
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This record is about the Commons in parliament The commons request having consideration that it was so ordained... dating from [1433] 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 8/26/1285
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1433]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons in parliament
- Nature of request
- The commons request having consideration that it was so ordained in the parliament held at Westminster 1 Henry V, that all statutes and ordinances made concerning the measures of corn be firmly held and kept, and that no purveyors of the king or others use any other measure than eight level bushels to the quarter. Justices are to have power to inquire and hear pleas concerning abuses of this, and those convicted are to be imprisoned for a year, and pay 100s. each to the king and party. The statutes of weights and measures are to be proclaimed, and the mayors and bailiffs of cities and boroughs have powers to hear complaints concerning the same for similar penalties, accounting at the Exchequer for the profits and forfeitures for the same.
- Nature of endorsement
- [No visible endorsement]
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- London
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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 1863
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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. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.450b-451a (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061460/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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