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Burgesses of Nottingham. King and council. The petitioners complain of infringements...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/130/6495

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This record is about the Burgesses of Nottingham. King and council. The petitioners complain of infringements... dating from [1318] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/130/6495
Date
[1318]
Description
Petitioners
Burgesses of Nottingham.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioners complain of infringements of their liberties by the stewards and marshals of the king's household when it is resident at Clipstone.
Nature of endorsement
Let them have a writ ordering that nothing be done that is contrary to their charters.
Places mentioned
Clipstone, Nottinghamshire
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
People mentioned
Steward of the king's household
marshal of the king's household.
Note
Notes on the guard suggest that this may be identifiable as the petition of the burgesses of Nottingham referred to in Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined., p.78, in a list of petitions in parliament, 1318. See Crook, 'Clipstone Peel', Thirteenth Century England X, ed. M. Prestwich, R. Britnell and R. Frame (2005), pp. 187-195.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6166
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Clipstone Peel: Fortification and Politics from Bannockburn to the Treaty of Leake, 1314-1318, David Crook, (, 2005), p.195 (edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208675/

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