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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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Commonalty of Devon and Cornwall. King and council 1) The petitioners request remedy....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/42/2100
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This record is about the Commonalty of Devon and Cornwall. King and council 1) The petitioners request remedy.... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1350] 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 8/42/2100
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of Devon and Cornwall.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- 1) The petitioners request remedy. The justices in court Christian are using excommunication against people for matters not involving testaments and marriages, and preventing them from purchasing the king's prohibition.2) The petitioners request remedy and a better maintenance of the king's jurisdiction as writs of capias are granted too readily in Chancery only upon the information of the ordinary.3) The petitioners request that those imprisoned by such writs be treated less harshly allowing them visits and their own foods, and that they should not be kept in irons.4) [Badly damaged] The petitioners complain of pleas called into court Christian that do not belong there.5) [Badly damaged] The petitioners complain of pleas called into court Christian that do not belong there.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege et magno consilio.2) The petitions of the commonalty are answered.3) Coram rege et parvo consilio
- Places mentioned
- Deveneshire (Devon)
- Cornwall.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No certain context has been established, and the petition is here dated notionally to the first half of the fourteenth century.
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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 2642
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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/C9062306/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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