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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bailiffs and commonalty of Gloucester. Commons in Parliament. The petitioners ask...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/115/5704
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This record is about the Bailiffs and commonalty of Gloucester. Commons in Parliament. The petitioners ask... dating from [1455] 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 8/115/5704
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1455]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bailiffs and commonalty of Gloucester.
- Addressees
- Commons in Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask that they be allowed to order property owners in Gloucester to maintain the pavement outside their property at their own expense, and seek powers to distrain the goods of anyone refusing or failing to comply. They state that the streets are badly maintained and dangerous, but that they do not have the income to repair them.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king shall be advised.
- Places mentioned
- Gloucester, [Gloucestershire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Presented to and enrolled in the 1455 Parliament.
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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 3876
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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)
- English
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.338a (no.17) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150377/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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