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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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Justices of King's Bench; Justices of Common Bench; Justices of assize; and their...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/27/1315
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This record is about the Justices of King's Bench; Justices of Common Bench; Justices of assize; and their... dating from [1439] 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 8/27/1315
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1439]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Justices of King's Bench; Justices of Common Bench; Justices of assize; and their serjeants and attorneys
- Addressees
- King
- Occupation
- Justices of King's Bench; Justices of Common Bench; Justices of assize; serjeants; attorneys
- Nature of request
- The justices of King's Bench, of Common Bench and of assize, and the king's serjeants and attorneys have not received their fees for 11 years and more. They ask that they might be paid from the revenues of the hanaper and the customs of the ports of London, Bristol and Kingston-upon-Hull, and that they should receive money for clothing from the Wardrobe, along with arrears for the greater part of the past 10 years.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king has granted all that is contained in this petition.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Bristol
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- People mentioned
- William Kenwolmerssh, treasurer of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated in Rot. Parl. V, p.3 to the parliament which met on 12 November 1439.
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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 2237
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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. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.14a-b (no.27) (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061493/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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