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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
SC 8/90/4497
Date
[c. 1320]
Description
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.
Related material

For transcript, see no.15 of PRO 31/7/95

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 449
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149043/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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