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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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Not specified. King and lords of parliament. The petitioners state that warrens throughout...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/146/7255
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This record is about the Not specified. King and lords of parliament. The petitioners state that warrens throughout... dating from [? 1377-? 1399] 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 8/146/7255
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1377-? 1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Not specified.
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that warrens throughout the realm are being destroyed by people coming at night and trapping rabbits when they leave the warrens to feed, on the pretext that outside the warrens they can do so without offence to the law; and sometimes they enter the warrens in the dark, claiming that they are outside. They ask for a remedy in their present parliament, for the preservation of the warrens.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No date given on guard. Probably from the reign of Richard II, judging by the hand and form of the petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.42 of PRO 31/7/110
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209438/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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