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Not specified. King and council. The petitioners request clarification of the charters...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/146/7263

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This record is about the Not specified. King and council. The petitioners request clarification of the charters... dating from [c. 1378] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/146/7263
Date
[c. 1378]
Description
Petitioners
Not specified.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioners request clarification of the charters of the Abbot of Westminster, as certain ambiguities in them are causing harm to many people.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Westminster.
People mentioned
Abbot of Westminster.
Related material

For transcript, see no.149 of PRO 31/7/106

The response to this petitions is SC 8/18/897

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.50b-51b(no.4) (full edition of original petition and response)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209446/

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SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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