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Poor people of York King's council The poor people of York request grace and a remedy...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/46/2263

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This record is about the Poor people of York King's council The poor people of York request grace and a remedy... dating from [c. 1329] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/46/2263
Date
[c. 1329]
Description
Petitioners
Poor people of York
Addressees
King's council
Nature of request
The poor people of York request grace and a remedy in the matter of payment of the debts still due to them for provisions and other things taken from them for the king's marriage, as for want of such payment some of them are completely ruined.
Nature of endorsement
This is not a petition of parliament.
Places mentioned
York
Note
The petition is dated on the guard to '? c. 1329', with reference to Edward III's marriage. As the petition seems to have been turned down, so that it is unlikely that any action was taken on it, it is hard to be more specific in dating it.
Related material

For a petition on the same matter see SC 8/258/12857

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8996
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062473/

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