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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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Community of England King and council The community of England state that people...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/46/2287
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This record is about the Community of England King and council The community of England state that people... dating from [? 1331] 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 8/46/2287
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of England
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The community of England state that people are often indicted for felony in foreign counties and outlawed after their death, so that their goods and chattels are seized into the king's hand. The heirs then try to reverse these outlawries and put themselves on an inquest of the King's Bench that their ancestors died before an indictment or outlawry was pronounced, and the justices refuse to grant a nisi prius to hold the inquest without the king's especial command, causing long and damaging delays. They ask that henceforth inquests in such cases might be held by nisi prius before justices of either bench or before justices of assize.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively to 1331 on the basis that important legislation was issued during that year on outlawry. It should be noted, however, that the request made here was not immediately reflected in the legislation.
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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 3080
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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/C9062497/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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