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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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Archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons and all other who claim to have...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3926
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This record is about the Archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons and all other who claim to have... dating from [c. 1320] 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 8/79/3926
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons and all other who claim to have fines, amercements, issues and chattels of felons by charters of progenitors of the king.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request a writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to make allowance upon the accounts of sheriffs for their claims, and that their tenants be acquitted at the Exchequer of such fines, amercements and issues received by them by virtue of their charters.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.2) An answer has been made in common in a petition, presented before the king and council, which contains the substance of this petition and several other articles concerning the community of the realm. And the petition remains in the custody of William de Harlaston.
- People mentioned
- William de Herlaston (Harlaston).
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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 2988
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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)
- The Functions of the Medieval Parliament of England, G.O. Sayles, (Hambledon Press, 1988), p.358 (no.iv[c]) (summary of petition and translation of endorsement)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107702/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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