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Commons in parliament King The Commons ask that the petitions of the present parliament...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/27/1306

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Reference
SC 8/27/1306
Date
[1437]
Description
Petitioners
Commons in parliament
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The Commons ask that the petitions of the present parliament be delivered to the council, which has authority to hear and determine them, before next Nativity of St John the Baptist, and that those which are determined be enacted, enrolled and placed on record on the parliament roll.
Nature of endorsement
No endorsement.
Note
This petition is dated 27 March 1437 in Rot. Parl. IV, p.506b. However, the documents which are said on the guard to have formerly been attached to this are all datable to 1427 (6 Henry VI).
Related material

A document formerly enclosed with this one is C 49/17/11

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2313
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.506b (no.33) (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061483/

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