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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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None. Council. Petition in three parts:1) grievances regarding the people coming...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/106/5299
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This record is about the None. Council. Petition in three parts:1) grievances regarding the people coming... dating from 1400 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 8/106/5299
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1400
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- None.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Petition in three parts:1) grievances regarding the people coming to the forest many who have no right to do so, and also concerning corn passing along the river;2) grievances concerning the scarcity of corn and th purchase of the same from those passing down the river at the prices of Gloucester;3) request for a commission to inquire into the problem of corn being purchased from the merchants.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Decision of the council made on 13 May in the first year of the reign [of Henry IV] ordering a commission.{On dorse] Names of members of the council present when the petition was heard.
- Places mentioned
- Gloucester, [Gloucestershire].
- People mentioned
- [? Thomas] Walewayn (Walwayn), esq.
- [Walter Skirlaw,] Bishop of Durham
- [William Wykeham,] Bishop of Winchester
- [Thomas Beauchamp,] Earl of Warwick
- [Ralph Nevill,] Earl of Westmorland
- [John Scarle,] Chancellor
- [John Norbury,] Treasurer
- [Richard Clifford,] Keeper of the Privy Seal
- [John Cobham,] Lord Cobham
- [John Lovell,] Lord Lovell
- John Prophete (Prophet)
- John Fremingham
- William Rees.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The note on the face includes the date of 13 May regnal year 1, and the list of attendees at the king's council on the dorse makes it clear that this must be 1 Henry IV (May 1400).
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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 2758
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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/C9149869/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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