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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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Mayor and Commonalty of Northampton. King and Council. The mayor and people of Northampton...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/129/6418
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This record is about the Mayor and Commonalty of Northampton. King and Council. The mayor and people of Northampton... dating from [1385] 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 8/129/6418
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and Commonalty of Northampton.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The mayor and people of Northampton state that they hold the town at an annual fee farm of £120, and have various other charges. However, the town is greatly impoverished by disease and destruction, and much of the town is deserted. They therefore request that their charters be confirmed, and that the mayor be granted the assizes of bread and other victuals, and of weights and measures, in order to lessen the fee farm, which was assessed when the town was worth three times its present value.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Northampton, [Northamptonshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested confirmation, together with the additional grants, was issued to the people of Northampton on 14 June 1385.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A duplicate of this petition is SC 8/125/6212
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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 6047
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. V, 15 Edw III - 5 Hen V, 1341-1417, (Public Record Office, 1916), pp.297-8 (requested confirmation with the additional grants)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208597/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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