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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Liverpool. Commons. The burgesses of Liverpool request that the Commons...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/122/6091
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This record is about the Burgesses of Liverpool. Commons. The burgesses of Liverpool request that the Commons... dating from [1414] 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 8/122/6091
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1414]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Liverpool.
- Addressees
- Commons.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Liverpool request that the Commons ask the King to ensure that his officials respect the liberties and freedoms of the borough. They state that, although the king has already confirmed their liberties, granted by King John and Henry III, other officials had entered the town and held courts, contrary to their rights.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] Let it be asked of the King.[on dorse] Let this matter be sent to the King's council, and let the council, by the authority of parliament, have full power to do right to the supplicants on the matter given in this petition.
- Places mentioned
- Duchy of Lancaster
- Liverpool, Lancashire.
- People mentioned
- John, King of England
- Henry III, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1414, with reference to Rot. Parl. IV, p.55, which assigns it to the parliament of November 1414. The query appears to be due to a confirmation issued on 9 May 1413 (CPR 1413-6, p.20), but this appears to be the confirmation cited here.
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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 5168
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen V, vol. I, 1413-1416, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.20 (confirmation of charters)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.55 (edition of petition and response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208261/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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