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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 ask that chirographers who charge more than 4s for...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/102/5055
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This record is about the Commons. King. The petitioners ask that chirographers who charge more than 4s for... 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 8/102/5055
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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 ask that chirographers who charge more than 4s for engrossing indentures of fines be punished, as in the second statute of Westminster it is ordered that chirographers of fines charge no more than 4s. only for their fee. They now take ransom from the parties beyond their fee, or otherwise they delay them contrary to law.
- Nature of endorsement
- This bill is answered among the common petitions.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Clearly datable to 1377 by cross-reference to Rot. Parl., Vol. III, p.20b (no. xxxvii).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.24 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 1965
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.20b (no. xxxvii) (common petition referred to in the answer to this petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of October 1377, item 78 (common petition referred to in the answer to this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149624/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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