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Prior and convent of Bury St Edmunds. King and lords of parliament. The Prior and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/95/4703
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/95/4703
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1383]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Prior and convent of Bury St Edmunds.
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The Prior and convent of Bury St Edmunds state that at the last parliament it was granted to them that the people of Bury St Edmunds would be bound by good security to behave well towards them in future, and not to rise against them as they have done several times in living memory. They ask now that the people of Bury St Edmunds might be bound in this way before any charter of pardon is granted to them, individually or jointly, and that any such charter of pardon already granted might be put in suspense until they have bound themselves.
- Nature of endorsement
- The people of Bury St Edmunds are to find good and sufficient security for keeping the peace and for their good behaviour in future, both towards the King and towards the Abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds, as has previously been ordained and appointed by the King's council in their presence. And otherwise the King wills that they are not given allowance of any grace made or promised to them by the King, for their great and grievous crimes, nor are they to have their charters of pardon in any way.
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- People of Bury St Edmunds
- Edward [III], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Rot. Parl. vol. III p.147 is taken from the parliament of February 1383, and its endorsement would seem to be a response to this petition. It mentions a previous ordinance on this matter, as this petition does. This petition would therefore seem to date from 1383.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition, probably contemporary, from the same petitioners on a different matter, see SC 8/95/4702
For transcript, see no.47 of PRO 31/7/107
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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 849
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.147 (enrolment of common petition requesting an enlargement of the pardon granted to the rebels, whose endorsement makes an exception for the people of Bury St Edmunds)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149254/
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