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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons. King and council. The commons request that it be granted to them to whom...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3916
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This record is about the Commons. King and council. The commons request that it be granted to them to whom... dating from [c. 1362] 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 8/79/3916
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1362]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commons request that it be granted to them to whom the reversion of terms of years or of life in the woods of England be able to sell the firewood felled by a great tempest, and to make their profit as they are excluded by writs of trespass and waste.
- Nature of endorsement
- This is answered elsewhere.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1362 as it appears to refer to the great storm of 1362.
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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 3115
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.412b-13a (no.193) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107692/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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