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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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Burgesses of Colchester. Lords of Parliament. The petitioners seek twenty years relief...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/101/5013
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This record is about the Burgesses of Colchester. Lords of Parliament. The petitioners seek twenty years relief... dating from [c. 1422] 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 8/101/5013
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Colchester.
- Addressees
- Lords of Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek twenty years relief from the need to elect one of their fellows to parliament, because of their poor estate and for the fortification of their town. They show that King Henry IV, taking into account the great damages incurred by the petitioners in those parts through the closure of the same ... granted that they should be quit and discharged of the election of any of their fellow burgesses to any [parliament] ... next following according to the letters patent, which term has now ended ...
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Colchester, [Essex].
- People mentioned
- Henry IV, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable by reference to the original grant of immunity for twelve years, made by Henry IV in 1410: CPR 1408-13, p.199. This petition presumably dates from after the expiry of that grant.
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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 1877
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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, Hen IV, vol. IV, 1408-1413, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.199 (grant of immunity from sending representatives to parliament for twelve years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149581/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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