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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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People of Essex. King. The petitioners request the king's assistance and an inquiry...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/109/5441
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This record is about the People of Essex. King. The petitioners request the king's assistance and an inquiry... dating from [c. 1275-c. 1300] 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 8/109/5441
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1275-c. 1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Essex.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request the king's assistance and an inquiry concerning the many oppressions of their sheriff.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let them specify their complaints.
- People mentioned
- Sheriff of Essex.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is very generalized in contact and therefore difficult to date; it is assigned here to the last quarter of the thirteenth century on the basis of the hand.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.32 of PRO 31/7/92
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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 3239
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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/C9150015/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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