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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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Burgesses and Commons of Leicester. King and Council. The people of Leicester request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/123/6129
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This record is about the Burgesses and Commons of Leicester. King and Council. The people of Leicester request... dating from [1330] 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 8/123/6129
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses and Commons of Leicester.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Leicester request payment for goods and chattels taken from them by the officials of Mortimer and his companions when they accompanied the royal household to Leicester at Christmas two years previously, for which they have not yet been paid.
- Nature of endorsement
- They shall have a writ to those who are living that they should make reasonable payment to them for the items taken by their purveyors for their use.
- Places mentioned
- Leicester, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Mortimer
- Oliver de Hingham (Ingham)
- Simon de Bereford.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Mortimer's party reached Leicester with the royal household in early January 1329. Therefore, the petition would appear to have been presented to the Westminster parliament of November 1330, where Mortimer and Bereford were tried and executed. The wording of the petition suggests that Mortimer and the others were alive when it was written, while the endorsement suggests that at least some of them were dead by the time this was added.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.29 of PRO 31/7/96
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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 5260
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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/C9208299/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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