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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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People of the city of Chester King and council The people request that the king grant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/38/1887
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This record is about the People of the city of Chester King and council The people request that the king grant... dating from [1327] 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 8/38/1887
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the city of Chester
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The people request that the king grant to them the deliverance of their children who are hostages in the castle of Chester.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is agreed by the council that of the 18 children who reside as hostages continually in the castle that it be ordered to the justice that he release 6 of the children in succession from week to week, but if it seems to the justice that there be trouble then he is to hold the children as before.
- Places mentioned
- Cestre (Chester), [Cheshire]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be firmly dated to 1327 by the writ addressed to the justice of Chester in accordance with the petition and response, and referring to the citizen's petition (CCR 1327-30, p.169).
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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 1410
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.169 (writ to the justice in accordance with the petition and response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062090/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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