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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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None specified. King. The petitioners state that lawbreakers from London are emboldened...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/123/6119
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This record is about the None specified. King. The petitioners state that lawbreakers from London are emboldened... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1350] 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 8/123/6119
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- None specified.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that lawbreakers from London are emboldened to commit murder, as they secure bail and then claim that the liberties of the city put them outside the common law, such that nobody dare prosecute suits against them, to the great damage of the crown. They request that the king order that no-one be bailed for murder in the City of London.
- Nature of endorsement
- The point has been quashed in the eyre.Coram magno cosilio.
- Places mentioned
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by the handwriting to the first half of the fourteenth century. A note on the guard suggests?Edward II, but no evidence is cited.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.73 of PRO 31/7/97
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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 5243
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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/C9208289/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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