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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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Not specified King. The petitioner or petitioners complain that the Beadles of the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/59/2923
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This record is about the Not specified King. The petitioner or petitioners complain that the Beadles of the... dating from [c. 1321] 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 8/59/2923
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1321]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Not specified
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner or petitioners complain that the Beadles of the wards of the city of London are appointing to the watch to keep the king's peace ruffians who use this post to rob the citizens, both in their houses and in the street; and who receive money, clothing and other things from citizens. They ask the king to order the Mayor of London to inquire into this and to do justice to those who wish to complain. They also ask that henceforth watchmen might be received by view of the aldermen of the wards, and their names written down, and that the man who carries the horn of the watch should be of good character and sworn to perform his office loyally and well, without taking money or clothing from anyone; and that watchmen should not be allowed to arrest people or to take them to taverns or elsewhere, but should take suspicious people to the lodging of the alderman until it is discovered who they are. And that the Mayor should have power to punish them and do justice to complainants, who should be able to have their recovery from the aldermen of the wards.
- Nature of endorsement
- Those who feel themselves to have been injured are to sue before the Mayor and Sheriffs, if they think it will help them.
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Beadles of the wards of the city of London
- watchmen of the city of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '?? c. 1321' with reference to SC 8/59/2922. The language and the hand of these petitions (and of SC 8/59/2924) seems similar, and indeed the row of holes for rulings in the left margin of each petition, stretching from top to bottom of the parchment, suggests that they were once part of a single membrane.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A related petition is SC 8/59/2922
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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 4742
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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)
- London unter Eduard I und II, vol. II, ed. M. Weinbaum, (, 1933), p.255 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063143/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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