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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of Buckinghamshire. King. The commons request that they can be discharged...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/33/1638
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This record is about the Commons of Buckinghamshire. King. The commons request that they can be discharged... dating from [1372] 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 8/33/1638
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1372]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of Buckinghamshire.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The commons request that they can be discharged of the sum for thirteen churches which is assessed on the commons for the subsidy on parishes, and is more than they can find as is certified by the bishop and returned by the sheriff to Chancery.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the certifications of the bishop and sheriff be viewed, and if the matter be truthful let justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- Buckinghamshire.
- People mentioned
- [John Buckingham], Bishop [of Lincoln].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1372 by a commission issued to examine the complaint of the commons 8 December 1372 (CPR 1370-4, pp.226-7).
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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 641
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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 III, vol. XV, 1370-1374, (Public Record Office, 1914), pp.226-7 (commission to examine the claims of the commons)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.411a-b (no.185) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061835/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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