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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The commons of Lincolnshire. King and council The commons request that the king remove...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/64/3162
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This record is about the The commons of Lincolnshire. King and council The commons request that the king remove... dating from [c. 1327-c. 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 8/64/3162
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327-c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The commons of Lincolnshire.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The commons request that the king remove Fox from the office of under-sheriff and a more sufficient person be appointed.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because it is attested that Fox is of ill-fame and is insufficient, let it be ordered to the sheriff to remove him and replace him with someone more sufficient.
- Places mentioned
- Lincolnshire.
- People mentioned
- John Fox, under-sheriff of Lincolnshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- In the absence of any direct or indirect evidence this petition has been speculatively dated to the mid-fourteenth century on the basis of its style of written 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 4888
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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/C9106925/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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