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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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Good people of the land. King and council. The people request certain people to enquire...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3937
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This record is about the Good people of the land. King and council. The people request certain people to enquire... dating from [c. 1325-c. 1375] 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 8/79/3937
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-c. 1375]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Good people of the land.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request certain people to enquire of the usurers, especially strangers and others residing in London, who have done great harm and destruction to the people of the land, and that those who are found culpable be punished, and that an ordinance be made on this.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is well that a good ordinance be made by good counsel.
- Places mentioned
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1325-c. 1375, as no evidence is available to date this petition more closely, and the hand is consistent with petition of this date.
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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 3114
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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/C9107713/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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