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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of London. King and Parliament The petitioners seek an order in this parliament...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/104/5170
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This record is about the Commonalty of London. King and Parliament The petitioners seek an order in this parliament... dating from [c. 1402] 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 8/104/5170
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of London.
- Addressees
- King and Parliament
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek an order in this parliament for their profit, and consideration of all matters sealed in the bill added to this petition, and an order that one or two sergeants-at-arms make secure exchange in the king's presence in this present parliament of a poor subject written within for proof of the truth of all the said matters, considering that none of the lords in the realm except the king order due remedy and execution of the said matters as the archbishop, as appears on record that it is against the law that some accusations have hindered some loyal subjects by eleven years of their answer etc.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to 1402 on the basis of Rot. Parl., III, p. 518b.
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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 2272
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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.518b (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149740/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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