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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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Burgesses of Liverpool. King and council. The burgesses request a remedy and that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/60/2961
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This record is about the Burgesses of Liverpool. King and council. The burgesses request a remedy and that... dating from [c. 1322] 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 8/60/2961
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Liverpool.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses request a remedy and that they are able to have another grant of the tolls of Liverpool of which they were seised in aid of their farm by charter of Kings John and Henry III until the time of the earl of Lancaster who was lord of Liverpool who ousted them from their tolls by his will and mastery without reason.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- They should show what they have, and they should enquire of the truth of the matter and the inquisition should be returned into Chancery and let justice be done.2) Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Liverpool, Lancashire.
- People mentioned
- Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition must date to c. 1322 as it is clearly after the fall and execution of Thomas of Lancaster, but is unlikely to be too long after that time.
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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 4847
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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/C9063181/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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