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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
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Good people of London, and also the women of London not protected by husbands. King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/120/5985
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This record is about the Good people of London, and also the women of London not protected by husbands. King... 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 8/120/5985
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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
- Good people of London, and also the women of London not protected by husbands.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The good people of London state that in the last Eyre at the Tower of London the ordinaries of London were convicted of offences going back twenty-four years, of feigning false occasions for summoning the good people of London before them in Court Christian and extorting money from them. Judgment has not yet been given, and they ask the King to order that this be done, so that the people of London might have peace from such oppressions.The women of London not protected by husbands state that they should appear before the ordinaries only in cases of adultery and incest, and this by the indictment of good people, but that the ordinaries are having them summoned by accusation: for which they request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Pro rege.[On dorse] Coram magno consilio.With regard to the first, the justices are to be ordered to proceed to give judgment. And if anyone feels himself to be injured, he is to have a prohibition.
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Ordinaries of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? c. 1324' without further explanation. This would be consistent with the hand.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.22 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 4947
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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/C9150678/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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