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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons. King. The petitioners seek confirmation that anyone with recoverable debts...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/101/5050
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This record is about the Commons. King. The petitioners seek confirmation that anyone with recoverable debts... dating from [1377] 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 8/101/5050
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek confirmation that anyone with recoverable debts or damages accused in the king's courts should have judgement to prison and remain there until the debts or damages are satisfied, and that the warden of the Fleet Prison guards them well under the terms of his lease, to answer for all the debts and costs etc. They state that certain accused, by fraud and evil machinations, acknowledge debts in the king's exchequer in order to have greater suit in the Fleet Prison than other prisons, by which the people that recover despair of their debts and pardon the greater part in order to have the remainder, in great delay from the release of false creditors and wrongdoers.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition is so answered elsewhere in the common petitions.
- Places mentioned
- Fleet Prison, [London].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable by the cross-reference implied in the endorsement, which appears to refer to Rot. Parl., vol. III, p. 28b.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.26 of PRO 31/7/110
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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 1960
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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.28b (associated common petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149619/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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