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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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Commons of England. Lords and knights of Parliament. The petitioners seek recovery...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/101/5012
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This record is about the Commons of England. Lords and knights of Parliament. The petitioners seek recovery... dating from [c. 1381-c. 1428] 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 8/101/5012
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1381-c. 1428]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of England.
- Addressees
- Lords and knights of Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek recovery of goods, lands and tenements etc., taken from them by malefactors and their maintainers who oppress the commons, and more prosecutions of these wrongdoers etc. They complain of great oppressions, mischief, imprisonments and the misappropriation of property etc., through malice, wickedness and conspiracy against the loyal commons by false indictments etc. They further ask that all bonds, securities etc., extracted under duress by such oppressions should be held at nought, likewise from 1 May 1381 (the time of the insurrection of the commons of England) and in times to come.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- People mentioned
- Richard II, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The date of this petition is unclear. Its terminus a quo is 1381 (internal reference to the Peasants' Revolt, but it seems to date from after the reign of Richard II. A note on the guard suggests 1428 without reference; it is set here between the two dates 1381 and 1428.
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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 1876
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149580/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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