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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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Lords and Commons of England. King and Council. 1) The petitioners ask for a remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/102/5096
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This record is about the Lords and Commons of England. King and Council. 1) The petitioners ask for a remedy... 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 8/102/5096
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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
- Lords and Commons of England.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- 1) The petitioners ask for a remedy in the present parliament that all legal processes suspended in the courts are enforced as they were the day before the death of the king's grandfather.2) They also seek an ordinance by statute in the present parliament that no lord should maintain quarrels or business for reason of profit on a certain punishment, considering that the poor commons have no law, reason, justice, or truth, for fear of such maintainers.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.31 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 2065
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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/C9149666/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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