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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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Burgesses and commonalty of the town of Derby. Queen and her council The petitioners...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/42/2075
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This record is about the Burgesses and commonalty of the town of Derby. Queen and her council The petitioners... dating from [c. 1391] 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 8/42/2075
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1391]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses and commonalty of the town of Derby.
- Addressees
- Queen and her council
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that they were granted by the king and his progenitors by their charters many franchises and liberties, namely to choose bailiffs, 4 people being chosen as alderman who would in turn choose 24 people who would choose the bailiff. They used this for a long time until one Michaelmas when Claver and Hay were chosen bailiffs, and 4 new aldermen were also chosen and there came Groos and others forcibly with their affinity, as he wished to be alderman and threatened the bailiffs. They wish that Groos and the others should find sureties to keep the peace towards them.
- Nature of endorsement
- Thomas Bocking, John del Stok} pledges for the prosecution. And if etc.
- Places mentioned
- Derby, [Derbyshire].
- People mentioned
- Robert Claver, Bailiff of Derby
- John atte Hay, Bailiff of Derby
- William Groos, late Alderman of Derby
- William Pakeman
- William atte Dale
- Nicholas Fraunceys
- Thomas Bokkyng (Bocking)
- John del Stok.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1391 on the basis of unconnected references to some of the same individuals mentioned in the petition (CCR 1389-92, p.480; CPR 1388-92, p.523). This obviously presents the possibility of a wide margin of error.
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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 2827
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062281/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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