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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Salisbury. King and Council. The people of Salisbury request that the king...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/129/6447
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/129/6447
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Salisbury.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Salisbury request that the king order that all people with lands or tenements in the city should contribute to the cost of building defences to protect the city and its cathedral from the French.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the lords of parliament that the demand is reasonable, and a warrant should be issued to the mayor and bailiffs of the city to compel the rebels, if necessary; saving always those privileged.
- Places mentioned
- Salisbury, [Wiltshire]
- France.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The resultant writ granting the request was issued on 5 February 1378, along with a similar grant to the city of Winchester. Evidently the petition was presented to the previous parliament, this being that of October 1377.
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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 6084
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.111 (resultant writ)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.254b (edition of petition, wrongly dated)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208626/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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