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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
SC 8/32/1585
Date
[c. 1328]
Description
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
Note
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.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1081
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061782/

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