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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons and dwellers of the Isle of Ely Commons of Parliament The petitioners state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/27/1342
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This record is about the Commons and dwellers of the Isle of Ely Commons of Parliament The petitioners state... dating from [1449] 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 8/27/1342
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1449]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons and dwellers of the Isle of Ely
- Addressees
- Commons of Parliament
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that whereas there had previously been great discord between themselves and the commons of the rest of Cambridgeshire concerning the payment of wages and expenses to members of parliament, an agreement had been reached between all sides through the mediation of Philip, late Bishop of Ely and John, late Lord Tiptoft, whereby the inhabitants of the Isle should pay the sum of £200 and be perpetually discharged from contributing towards such wages. This sum had been paid, and therefore they ask the Commons to ask the King to confirm this arrangement, and discharge them from such payments forever.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king wills it.
- Places mentioned
- Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire
- Cambridgeshire
- People mentioned
- Philip [Morgan], Bishop of Ely
- John [Tiptoft], Lord Tiptoft
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related bill see C 49/20/4
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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 3073
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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.157a-b (full transcript of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061521/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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