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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor and commonalty of the city of Lincoln. King and council. The mayor and commonalty...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/64/3155
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This record is about the Mayor and commonalty of the city of Lincoln. King and council. The mayor and commonalty... 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 8/64/3155
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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
- Mayor and commonalty of the city of Lincoln.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The mayor and commonalty request remedy as they hold the city at farm from the king, but now L'Estrauge, to whom the king has granted the castle of Lincoln as the late earl of Lincoln held it, has procured a writ of enquiry to see what profits pertained to the late earl and the jury is drawn from the county from those who are allies of L'Estraunge.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be ordered into Chancery, and the chancellor is to call to him the justices and others of the council, and view the inquest, and hear the reasons of the parties and do justice and reason for the king and the parties.
- Places mentioned
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire].
- People mentioned
- Eble L'Estraunge (L'Estrange)
- Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln
- John de Wylouby (Willoughby)
- Robert de Malberthorp (Mablethorpe)
- Geoffrey de Edenham.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1331 as the inquisition referred to in the petition was held in July 1331, and the petition is unlikely to be too distant from this (CIM 1307-49, no.1201).
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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 4858
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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)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1201 (inquisition of the rights and profits of the bailey of Lincoln castle)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106918/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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