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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
People, religious and otherwise, owning quit-rents in London. King and council. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/120/5980
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This record is about the People, religious and otherwise, owning quit-rents in London. King and council. The... dating from [? c. 1324] 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 8/120/5980
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1324]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People, religious and otherwise, owning quit-rents in London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that when their quit-rent is in arrears and they distrain for it, the people who owe the rent have various devices and means of delaying payment, to their great disadvantage. They ask that heavy penalties might be ordained for such behaviour.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram magno consilio.
- Places mentioned
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? c. 1324' without explanation.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.18 of PRO 31/7/98
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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 4941
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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/C9150673/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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