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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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Common people of London. King and council. The common people of London make four...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/120/5979
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This record is about the Common people of London. King and council. The common people of London make four... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1327] 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 8/120/5979
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Common people of London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The common people of London make four complaints:1) They state that although it was ordained by the King and council that the Sheriffs' clerks were to be removable every year, they are remaining in office, causing great maintenance in pleas before the Sheriffs and the Mayor.2) They state that although it was ordained that none of the King's bailiffs or ministers was to be a victualler, this too has been ignored, leading to forestalling of victuals and to high prices.3) They complain about taxes that are being imposed without warrant from the King, and against law and reason.4) They complain about usurers, who are not being punished.They request a remedy for all these things.
- Nature of endorsement
- Those who have been harmed are to come to Chancery and show in specific detail what they have shown in general terms: and a remedy is to be given to them there.
- Places mentioned
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively in the Index of Ancient Petitions as temp. Edward II.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.56 of PRO 31/7/100
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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 4929
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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)
- London unter Eduard I und II, vol. II, ed. M. Weinbaum, (, 1933), pp.255-6 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150672/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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