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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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Community of Bedfordshire King and council The community of Bedfordshire state that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/32/1585
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This record is about the Community of Bedfordshire King and council The community of Bedfordshire state that... dating from [c. 1328] 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 8/32/1585
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Bedfordshire
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The community of Bedfordshire state that although it has been ordained by statute that nothing is to be due for beau pleader, the Sheriff of Bedfordshire levies a large sum of money from them every year for this reason, by commandment of the Exchequer. They request a writ to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to discharge them of this sum.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have a writ founded on the Great Charter, and on the statute made in the first year of the present king.
- Places mentioned
- Bedfordshire
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 'c. 1328 or later', with reference to the statute made in the king's first year The petition could, of course, be significantly later than the statute.
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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 1081
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061782/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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