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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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People of London. King and council. The petitioners show that when the victuallers...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2847
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This record is about the People of London. King and council. The petitioners show that when the victuallers... dating from [? 1327-? 1377] 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 8/57/2847
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1327-? 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners show that when the victuallers provision the city by their barges of victuals, then they are destroyed and laid waste by reason of which senior men inform the king that in the case of one bargeman, he was taken by other misfortunes on his barge, and many other perils by the ... have bewitched the Thames contrary to right and to the great damage of the all the lords and poor people returning there, and they seek a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- River Thames.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated notionally to the reign of Edward III on the basis of the hand.
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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 5339
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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/C9063067/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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