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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
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Commonalty of the counties of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/90/4497
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This record is about the Commonalty of the counties of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. King and council.... dating from [c. 1320] 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 8/90/4497
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of the counties of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commonalty of the two counties request remedy as the justices assigned in accordance with the ordinance made in the last parliament to enquire of oppressions and extortions made by sheriffs and other ministers of the king do not wish to come to the county whereby the people are much aggrieved.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let him have a writ to the justices that they should attend.
- Places mentioned
- Buckinghamshire
- Bedfordshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1321 as the commissions of oyer and terminer of which the petitioners complain were issued on 18 December 1320 and 21 February 1321 (CPR 1317-21, pp.548, 558).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.15 of PRO 31/7/95
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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 449
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.548, 558 (two commissions of oyer and terminer to enquire of the oppressions)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149043/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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