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The Commons of Devon in the Present Parliament. The King Petition concerning the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/5000

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This record is about the The Commons of Devon in the Present Parliament. The King Petition concerning the... dating from [1385] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/100/5000
Date
[1385]
Description
Petitioners
The Commons of Devon in the Present Parliament.
Addressees
The King
Nature of request
Petition concerning the farm of the county of Devon.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Devon.
People mentioned
Henry III, King of England
Edward I, King of England
Sheriff of Devon.
Note
Datable by reference to the version of the petition on the parliament roll for 1385, Rot. Parl. III, p. 211a.
Related material

For a full and complete duplicate of this damaged petition see SC 8/107/5319

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1853
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.211a (version of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149568/

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