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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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Liege people of the City of London. King and Council. The people of London ask that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/123/6127
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This record is about the Liege people of the City of London. King and Council. The people of London ask that... dating from [c. 1320-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 8/123/6127
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Liege people of the City of London.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The people of London ask that the sheriffs of London should not be amerced for the escape of felons for any greater amount than other sheriffs in the realm. They state that whereas other sheriffs are only amerced for 100s for each such escape, the sheriffs of London are amerced for £20.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be searched in the eyres of the justices and at the Exchequer as to how this was done before, and let it be certified to the King.Coram domino Rege.
- 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 dates it to '? Ed II', but no evidence cited; however, the handwriting and format would seem consistent with the latter part of that reign, or possibly slightly later.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.75 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 5258
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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/C9208297/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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