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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
Item
People of the franchise outside Temple Bar, London. King. The people of the franchise...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/123/6131
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This record is about the People of the franchise outside Temple Bar, London. King. The people of the franchise... dating from [? 1307-? 1327] 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 8/123/6131
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1307-? 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the franchise outside Temple Bar, London.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people of the franchise outside Temple Bar complain that they are forced to give lodging to people without making the necessary reasonable charges, to their great loss. They therefore request to be allowed to charge proper rates for such lodgings, as their houses are their only source of income.
- Nature of endorsement
- They shall have a writ to the Seneschal and Marshal that they be maintained in the same estate that they have been and ought to be by reason.Coram Rege.
- Places mentioned
- Temple Bar, London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated speculatively by the handwriting to the reign of Edward II.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.117 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 5262
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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/C9208301/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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