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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
? No Petitioner named Letters of Edward III granting the citizens of London their...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/120/5982
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letters of Edward III granting the citizens of London their... dating from [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 8/120/5982
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letters of Edward III granting the citizens of London their liberties and free customs as contained in the Great Charter, and that all impediments and usurpations in this regard will be removed, especially in regard to an eyre held by Hervey de Staunton and his companions in the time of the King's father.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England
- Edward the Confessor, King of England
- William [I], King of England
- Hervey de Staunton, justice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- From the mention of the London eyre of Hervey de Staunton in the time of the King's father (1321), and the fact that this document seems concerned with righting past wrongs, it would appear that it belongs to the early years of Edward III.
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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 4943
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9150675/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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