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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
Item
? The commons King and lords in parliament. [Petition in five parts:]1) Grievances...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/109/5429
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This record is about the ? The commons King and lords in parliament. [Petition in five parts:]1) Grievances... dating from [c. 1325-c. 1375] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/109/5429
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-c. 1375]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? The commons
- Addressees
- King and lords in parliament.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in five parts:]1) Grievances concerning process in assizes;2) Concerns regarding financial demands on the county farms;3) For the lifting of an exchequer summons of £100 on the counties of Suffolk and Norfolk;4) Grievances against the collectors of fifteenths, tenths and subsidies of the king;5) Concerns over fines levied by lords and ladies of the realm on their tenants.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Suffolk
- Norfolk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This set of petitions is very difficult to date due to the perennial and generalized nature of most of the requests and the absence of any definable outcomes. It is suggested tentatively, on the basis of the hand, as belonging to the second or third quarters of the fourteenth century.
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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 3216
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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/C9150003/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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