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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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Lords and commons ordained in parliament. King. The lords and commons request that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3949
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This record is about the Lords and commons ordained in parliament. King. The lords and commons request that... dating from [c. 1376] 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 8/79/3949
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Lords and commons ordained in parliament.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The lords and commons request that no land be given or sold to any religious, and nor should they take profit without a licence of the king, as, in contravention of the statute of mortmain, religious purchase lands and enfeoff others with it who hold it to their use, and the seller gives the purchase price to the religious.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1376 as a common petition on the same matter was submitted to parliament at this time (Rot. Parl., vol. II, p.368a-b (no.xxvi)).
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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 3125
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.368a-b (no.xxvi) (common petition on the same matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107725/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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