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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons. King. The commons ask that a statute made in 26 Edward III and confirmed...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/148/7383
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/148/7383
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1429]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The commons ask that a statute made in 26 Edward III and confirmed by a statute of 13 Richard II, concerning weights and measures, might be maintained and enforced; and also, to avoid the wrongs listed in a schedule attached to this petition, that there might be a common balance and weights in every city, borough or town, and that the justices of the peace, mayors, bailiffs and stewards of franchises might have power to punish trespassers against these weights.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] By the Bishop of Ely. 22 November.Let it be sent to the lords.[None on dorse]
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England
- Richard II, King of England
- [Philip Morgan], Bishop of Ely.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament of 1429 (Rot. Parl. vol. IV, p.349a-b (no.36)).
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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)
- English
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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. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.349a-b (no. 36) (enrolment of petition on parliament roll)
- 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), parliament of 1429, item 36 (enrolment of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209568/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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