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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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Commons in parliament [none specified] That corn may be taken by water from one town...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/27/1326
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This record is about the Commons in parliament [none specified] That corn may be taken by water from one town... 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 8/27/1326
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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
- Commons in parliament
- Addressees
- [none specified]
- Nature of request
- That corn may be taken by water from one town or shire to another, a statute preventing the export of wheat and barley if the price of a quarter exceeds 6s 8d or 3s respectively having been extended to cover movement of corn by water within the realm.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king will consider.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Said in Rot. Parl. V, p.23, to be one of the common petitions in 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 2029
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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.31a-b (no.xxiii) (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061505/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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