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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons. King and Council The petitioners ask that the possessions of all foreign...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/102/5052
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This record is about the Commons. King and Council The petitioners ask that the possessions of all foreign... dating from [c. 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 8/102/5052
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons.
- Addressees
- King and Council
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask that the possessions of all foreign priories and those of other foreigners not already under lease be granted to Englishmen. They complain that although all the alien priories in England have been taken into the king's hands by reason of the war, other foreigners with possessions remain, who spy and inform the French enemy to the great harm of king and realm. And also many of the possessions farmed to knights, esquires and other seculars of the realm are wasted and ruined, as well of woods as of houses, and some other of the long-established priories are without various services contrary to good faith and conscience. If a remedy should not be quickly ordered then ruin will befall the entire realm.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- For the king's profit.2) This bill is to be so answered during the petitions of the commons.
- Places mentioned
- France.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable by association with the seizure of alien priories recorded in Rot. Parl., vol. III, pp. 22-3.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.27 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 1962
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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/C9149621/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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