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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 Commons. The petitioners state that owners of ships are being prosecuted,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6264
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This record is about the None specified Commons. The petitioners state that owners of ships are being prosecuted,... dating from [? c. 1442] 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 8/126/6264
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1442]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- None specified
- Addressees
- Commons.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that owners of ships are being prosecuted, and have had their ships forfeited, following damage caused to other ships in collisions caused by the wind or the sea, rather than the recklessness of the master or crew, and when they themselves were not present. They therefore request that no owner of a ship suffer such troubles or forfeiture where they were not present themselves, provided no person has died in the incident.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] Let it be sent to the Lords.[on dorse] The King will be advised. ent or another during this period.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A number of common petitions relating to these issues were presented to the Parliament of January 1442, including one on largely the same matter. It therefore seems likely that this petition was presented either to that parliament or another during this period.
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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 5542
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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)
- English
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.55b-56a (related common petition on this issue)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208438/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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