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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Common people. King and council. The people request that the king will not suffer...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/80/3952
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This record is about the Common people. King and council. The people request that the king will not suffer... dating from [? 1307] 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 8/80/3952
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Common people.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request that the king will not suffer people to be delayed of recovery by default of suit because those summoned in inquests and assizes before justices dare not come to court for fear of being killed or other mischiefs by certain people.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None] ade false confederacies in accordance with a petition presented by the commons at the parliament held at Carlisle (CCR 1302-7, p.531). It is not entirely clear whether this does in fact refer to this petition, so that the dating must remain speculative.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition may date to 1307 as a commission of oyer and terminer issued concerning felonies and trespasses in Devon on 24 April 1307 was ordered not to permit anyone to be placed on assizes, juries and recognitions who have made false confederacies in accordance with a petition presented by the commons at the parliament held at Carlisle (CCR 1302-7, p.531). It is not entirely clear whether this does in fact refer to this petition, so that the dating must remain speculative.
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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 3018
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.553 (commission of oyer and terminer concerning to Devon that may refer to this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107728/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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