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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Community of Bristol. King. The community of Bristol ask the King that, if he is...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/89/4412
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This record is about the Community of Bristol. King. The community of Bristol ask the King that, if he is... dating from [1283] 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 8/89/4412
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1283]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Bristol.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The community of Bristol ask the King that, if he is going to lease the town of Bristol at farm, that he might give it to them rather than to anyone else, as they are prepared to give as much as anyone else, and as an outsider will seek only for profit, but they will seek to keep the community and others coming there unharmed according to merchant law.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King will not lease the town at farm, to them or to others.
- Places mentioned
- Bristol.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Identified by PROME C 49, File 2, appendix, no. 32(ii) and by Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined. p.15 as part of the 'petitio communitatis Bristollie' mentioned on the record of decisions taken and business done by the Acton Burnel parliament of Michaelmas 1283 (C 49/2/3).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a contemporary petition from the same petitioners, see SC 8/89/4413
For transcript, see p.12 of PRO 31/7/92
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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 159
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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)
- Latin
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum Anglie Hactenus Inediti, Ed. H.G. Richardson and G.O. Sayles, (Camden Society, 3rd Series, vol. LI, 1935), p.15 (edition of a record of the Acton Burnel parliament of 1283 which mentions a petition which may be this one) & p.18 (no.32b) (full edition of petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), C 49, File 2, appendix, no. 32(ii) (full edition and translation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148956/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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