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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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Poor people of the land. King and council. The poor people of the land complain about...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/144/7193
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This record is about the Poor people of the land. King and council. The poor people of the land complain about... dating from [c. 1322] 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 8/144/7193
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Poor people of the land.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The poor people of the land complain about the wrongs and oppressions inflicted upon them by the stewards, bailiffs and other ministers of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and ask that these ministers might not be reconciled, or given office, until their position is tried by jury.
- Nature of endorsement
- The King will be advised on the contents of the petition.
- People mentioned
- Thomas [of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Edited in Rot. Parl. vol. I p.394a (no. 38) among petitions ascribed to 15 and 16 Edward II (8 July 1321-7 July 1323). From the content it would seem to date from shortly after the fall of the Earl of Lancaster.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.66 of PRO 31/7/103
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.394a (no.38) (full edition of original petition)
- The Honor and Forest of Pickering, North Riding Record Society, new series,, Ed. R.B. Turton, (North Riding Record Society, 1896), pp.256-7 (edition and calendar)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 387-415, no. 38 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209374/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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