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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor and citizens of London Commons in parliament The petitioners ask that the mayor...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/27/1329
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This record is about the Mayor and citizens of London Commons in parliament The petitioners ask that the mayor... 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 8/27/1329
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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
- Mayor and citizens of London
- Addressees
- Commons in parliament
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask that the mayor or warden of London may be conservator of statutes made concerning the passage of boats on the Rivers Thames and Medway within the liberty of the city, with powers as justices of the peace have in other counties, amendments to a statute of 17 Richard II to conserve fish stocks not having been applied to London.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king wishes that the mayor or guardian of London should be conservator of these statutes on the Rivers Thames and Medway as far as the franchise of London extends, with power to execute the statutes like justices of the peace; this ordinance is to last until the next parliament, and is not to extend beyond the Rivers Thames and Medway.
- Places mentioned
- London
- River Thames
- River Medway
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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 5173
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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.34a-b (edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061508/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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