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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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Common people of Yorkshire. King and council. The common people request a penance...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/152/7592
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This record is about the Common people of Yorkshire. King and council. The common people request a penance... dating from [? 1315-? 1340] 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 8/152/7592
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1315-? 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Common people of Yorkshire.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The common people request a penance for the sheriff and others as the sheriff put people who held insufficient land on juries whereupon they were intimidated by the richer members of the jury to the disinheritance of the people and the great damage of the king.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Those who are aggrieved against the statute should have remedy in Chancery.2) Concerning to the other things touching a new law to which the commonalty do not wish to assent so that nothing can be done.
- Places mentioned
- Yorkshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated speculatively to? 1315-? 1340 on the basis of the hand.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.68 of PRO 31/7/99
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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/C9209780/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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