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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Attorneys of the Exchequer. King and council. The attorneys request that they are...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/90/4456
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This record is about the Attorneys of the Exchequer. King and council. The attorneys request that they are... dating from [? c. 1310-c. 1350] 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 8/90/4456
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1310-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Attorneys of the Exchequer.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The attorneys request that they are able to have a writ in the Exchequer to recover their salary from those they represent who after the completion of their suit do not pay their covenant as they are unable to have writ in Chancery because the sums are so small, and they cannot recover by attachment in the city of London.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- They should make their covenants wisely.2) Coram domino rege.
- Places mentioned
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- There is no evidence to date this petition, so it has been tentatively assigned to the first half of the fourteenth century on the basis of the hand and general appearance.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.44 of PRO 31/7/97
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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 270
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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)
- Select Cases in the Court of King's Bench, vol. I, Edw I, Ed. G.O. Sayles, (Selden Society, vol. LV, 1936), p.cliii (entry d) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149001/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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