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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Gloucester. King. [Petition in 3 parts].1) The burgesses request confirmation...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/114/5679
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This record is about the Burgesses of Gloucester. King. [Petition in 3 parts].1) The burgesses request confirmation... dating from [1312] 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 8/114/5679
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1312]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Gloucester.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 3 parts].1) The burgesses request confirmation of their charters of their liberties.2) They request a grant de novo that no-one of the town will be impleaded for tenements of pleas of trespass and quarrels outside of the town.3) They request murage for 10 years.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should have murage for 5 years, and they should have confirmation of their charters, and according to the petition it is granted except in cases concerning the lord king himself or his ministers or the community of the town. Let it be done for a fine of £40.
- Places mentioned
- Gloucester, [Gloucestershire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Apparently firmly datable to 1312 by reference to CPR 1307-13, p. 497.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.88 of PRO 31/7/96
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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 3829
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.497 (grant of murage for five years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150352/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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