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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named [The petition is split up into several paragraphs, but is,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3942
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named [The petition is split up into several paragraphs, but is,... dating from [c. 1337] 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 8/79/3942
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- [The petition is split up into several paragraphs, but is, in reality, only one request, and not a series of requests]The petitioners state that the ordinances made with regard to the realm of France in the time of the king's grandfather are no longer being kept, to the peril and harm of the realm of England, and to its laws and franchises, and ask that the ancient processes, defences and remedies might be taken up again and continued until better are ordained, and that Murimuth, Isleworth, Ufford and Radeswell might counsel and advise the king in writing on this issue. They also ask that the chancellor might be ordered to make commissions and other letters necessary for this, as were made in the time of the king's father and grandfather, and especially when Langton was chancellor, with such amendments as might be ordained by the council.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- France
- Kingsthorpe, [Northamptonshire].
- People mentioned
- Adam Murimouth (Murimuth)
- Henry de Iddelesworth
- John de Ufford
- Robert de Radeswell
- John de Langeton (Langton), Bishop of Chichester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated, as SC 8/79/3914, on the basis of SC 1/39/60, dated 20 November 1337.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the writ mentioned in the petition, see no.60 of SC 1/39
For further documents on this matter, see C 47/32/19
For a related petition see SC 8/270/13473
For a related petition, see SC 8/269/13428
For the petition to which this was formerly attached see SC 8/79/3914
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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 3222
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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/C9107718/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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