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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 of Bury St Edmunds. King The burgesses request a duplicate confirmation...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/42/2087
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This record is about the Burgesses of Bury St Edmunds. King The burgesses request a duplicate confirmation... dating from [? 1281] 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 8/42/2087
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1281]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Bury St Edmunds.
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The burgesses request a duplicate confirmation of their charter of liberties as when it has been necessary to show their charter, they have many times been prosecuted when the confirmation is elsewhere.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king has granted that they should have a duplicate at the instance of J. Buteturte.
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- J. Boutetourte (Buteturte).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition probably dates to 1281 as a duplicate of the charters to the monastery and borough were issued on 16 November 1281, though it is not certain that they refer to this petition (CChR 1257-1300, p.258).
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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 2947
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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 Charter Rolls, vol. II, Hen III and Edw I, 1257-1300, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.258 (inspeximus and confirmation 'Et duplicatur')
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062293/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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