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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 county of Cumberland. King 1) The people request that in order to preserve...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2035
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This record is about the People of the county of Cumberland. King 1) The people request that in order to preserve... dating from [1311-1316] 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 8/41/2035
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1311-1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the county of Cumberland.
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- 1) The people request that in order to preserve the king's land and their lives that they are not troubled by summonses, distresses, assizes or juries outside of the county, except grand assizes, since they are a long way from the court at London and are impoverished by amercements and expenses.2) They further request that the king will grant that they are able to have a sheriff of their own choice that will be profitable for both the king and his people for whom they will answer, and that the election be made each year by common assent.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- To the first petition he is not able to do it, but inquisitions de nisi prius are granted to them.2) To the second petition it is against the ordinances.
- Places mentioned
- Cumberland
- Loundres (London).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition clearly dates to after 1311 as the second endorsement refers to the Ordinances of that year. The upper date is more speculative.
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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 1360
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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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- Northern Petitions Illustrative of Life in Berwick, Cumbria and Durham in the Fourteenth Century, Ed. C.M. Fraser, (Surtees Society, vol. CXCIV, 1981), pp.96-7 (no.63) (full summary of petition)
- Select Cases in the Court of King's Bench, vol. II, Edw I, Ed. G.O. Sayles, (Selden Society, vol. LVII, 1938), p.cxlviii (entry u) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062241/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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