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Commonalty of the land. King and council. The commonalty request remedy as many people...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3943

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This record is about the Commonalty of the land. King and council. The commonalty request remedy as many people... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1350] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/79/3943
Date
[c. 1300-c. 1350]
Description
Petitioners
Commonalty of the land.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The commonalty request remedy as many people are delayed from justice by false acquittances and releases made in liberties such as Beverley and Bury.
Nature of endorsement
Petitions such as this should be put amongst the common petitions in the next parliament.
Places mentioned
Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
Note
Assigned, on the basis of the hand, to the first half of the fourteenth century.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3096
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107719/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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