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Commons of Essex and Hertfordshire. King. The petitioners request that a relief of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/109/5405

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This record is about the Commons of Essex and Hertfordshire. King. The petitioners request that a relief of... dating from [1376] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/109/5405
Date
[1376]
Description
Petitioners
Commons of Essex and Hertfordshire.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The petitioners request that a relief of the farm of the shires allowed because of the poverty caused by the pestilence be allocated to the farm in perpetuity.
Nature of endorsement
[None.]
Places mentioned
Essex
Hertfordshire.
People mentioned
Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire.
Related material

For a petition on the same matter see SC 8/109/5448

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3070
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.349a-b (no. 151) (version of the petition on the parliament roll, with response)
  • 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 1376, appendix, no. 11 (summary of petition and context)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149977/

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