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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
Item
Community of the town of Warrington. King. The community request a grant of pavage...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/78/3876
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This record is about the Community of the town of Warrington. King. The community request a grant of pavage... dating from [c. 1322-c. 1340] 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 8/78/3876
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322-c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of the town of Warrington.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The community request a grant of pavage for a year or more to repair their streets.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- The king grants this of his grace for three years.2) Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Warrington, [Lancashire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is likely to be either late Edward II after 1322 as the petition is answered in French, or perhaps before 1340 when Edward III had several young children as the petition refers to the queen and infants. No enrolment of a grant seems to survive in these dates.
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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 1148
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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/C9107652/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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