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Commons. King and council. The commons request that those within age can have two...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3950

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This record is about the Commons. King and council. The commons request that those within age can have two... dating from [c. 1350-c. 1375] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/79/3950
Date
[c. 1350-c. 1375]
Description
Petitioners
Commons.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The commons request that those within age can have two or three years after they come of age to bring suits for fines levied whilst they were within age, as currently they have no means of reversing or annulling such fines, and many men are disinherited as they did not know the law, and women are forced to make them by their husbands.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Note
Dated impressionistically to the third quarter of the fourteenth century on the basis of the hand.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2989
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107726/

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