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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of London. King. The mayor, aldermen and people of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/121/6041
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This record is about the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of London. King. The mayor, aldermen and people of... dating from [1394] 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 8/121/6041
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1394]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of London.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The mayor, aldermen and people of London request the restoration of their franchise and liberties, which have been taken into the King's hands as a result of an inquest held by the king's uncles and other justices, which found that the officials had broken the terms of the statute of 1354 regarding the good governance of towns and cities.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Edmund [of Langley], Duke of York
- Thomas [of Woodstock], Duke of Gloucester
- Mayor, sheriffs and aldermen of London
- [Edward III], King of England
- [Anne of Bohemia], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Assigned to the Parliament of 1394 by Rot. Parl. Vol. III, pp.324-5. The petition clearly relates to the events surrounding the suspension of the city's liberties by Richard II.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition on this same matter see SC 8/121/6040
For a related petition see SC 8/121/6036
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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 5065
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.324-5 (full edition of petition)
- Statutes of the Realm, vol. I, ed. A. Luders, T.E. Tomlins, J. France, W.E. Tauntin and J. Raithby, (, 1963), pp.346-7 (original statute mentioned in the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208210/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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