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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 8/32/1587
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This record is about the Community of Bedfordshire King and council The community of Bedfordshire state that... dating from [1320] 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 8/32/1587
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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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 John de Everesdon, Robert de Maddingle and Roger de Belers were appointed to inquire into sheriffs and their bailiffs in their county, and John de Everesdon came one day and received several bills from them, nothing has been done, with the result that the sheriffs have continued to harass those who presented the bills. They request grace and a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have a writ in Chancery to incite the justices to proceed.
- Places mentioned
- Bedfordshire
- People mentioned
- John de Everesdon
- Robert de Maddingle (Madingley)
- Roger de Belers
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Latin summary of this petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament of October 1320 (Rot. Parl. vol. I, p.375a (no.34)).
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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 1163
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.299 (commission to John de Everesdon, Robert de Maddingle and Roger de Belers to inquire into malpractices by sheriff's bailiffs and other ministers of the king in Bedfordshire)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.375a (no.34) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061784/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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