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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
Common people of the realm. King and council. The common people request a remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/80/3956
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This record is about the Common people of the realm. King and council. The common people request a remedy... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1375] 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 8/80/3956
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1375]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Common people of the realm.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The common people request a remedy be ordained for them as, although it has been ordained that all men both poor and rich, should have remedy for wrongs done to them, many poor people are disinherited as they dare not pursue their right for fear of death or mischief from the rich or are ruined by false indictments.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Assigned impressionistically to the first three quarters of the fourteenth century; the hand may suggest a date in the middle of the century, but it is difficult to assign a precise date to this petition.
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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 3123
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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/C9107732/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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