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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
Item
Liege people of the commons of England. King and council. The people request remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3944
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This record is about the Liege people of the commons of England. King and council. The people request remedy... 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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/79/3944
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Liege people of the commons of England.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request remedy for the great grievances done by ordinaries by taking before them pleas of contract, covenants, debts and other pleas to the great damage and oppression of the people and the disinheritance of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should have a prohibition and attachment as the law demands if any ordinary of the Church impleads any man in court Christian of things pertaining to the crown.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated, on the basis of the hand, to the first half of the fourteenth century (probably relatively early within that date range).
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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 3121
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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/C9107720/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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