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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Alcester. King and council. The people of Alcester state that the King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/89/4433
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This record is about the People of Alcester. King and council. The people of Alcester state that the King... dating from [1302-1307] 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 8/89/4433
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1302-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Alcester.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Alcester state that the King granted to Walter de Beauchamp, father of Walter de Beauchamp their present lord, a market in their town on Tuesdays and Fridays, and that he granted this market to them by his charter. They have held it peacefully for thirty years and more, until the last feast of St Kenelm [17 July], when Walter de Beauchamp the son and his bailiffs came with force and arms and disrupted the market, which has not been held since. They request a remedy, that they might be maintained according to the articles of their charter.
- Nature of endorsement
- If Walter de Beauchamp the son acts goes against the action of his father, the complainants are to have a writ of the King's Chancery on the contents of the petition, formulated as it seems to those of the Chancery is to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Alcester, [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- Walter de Beauchamp
- Walter de Beauchamp, father of Walter de Beauchamp.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition must be late Edward I - post 1302, if the present king granted Walter de Beauchamp senior the market thirty years earlier.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.9 of PRO 31/7/93
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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 199
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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/C9148977/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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