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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
Item
Commons of England. King and lords of parliament. [The petition is badly damaged,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/153/7621
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This record is about the Commons of England. King and lords of parliament. [The petition is badly damaged,... dating from [? 1390-? 1410] 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 8/153/7621
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1390-? 1410]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of England.
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged, missing all of the right-hand half, making the sense difficult to recover].The commons request . . . concerning all those of the realm who are ousted from their free . . .and that no man of whatever condition . . . [under pain of forfeiting all] his goods and chattels to the king, and his body to perpetual imprisonment . . . to their first estate . . .
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to? 1390-? 1410 on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9209809/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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