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People residing . . . King and council. [The petition is badly damaged, and is missing...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/154/7652

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This record is about the People residing . . . King and council. [The petition is badly damaged, and is missing... dating from [? 1305-? 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/154/7652
Date
[? 1305-? 1330]
Description
Petitioners
People residing . . .
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damaged, and is missing approximately half of the right-hand portion of the petition, and the full sense of the petition cannot be recovered].The people request that they will command to the constable of the castle of . . . that . . . as they have been residing their for 4 years at their own cost without taking anything from the king.
Nature of endorsement
. . . that they are quit of paying for lodging and they should have a writ to the constable . . .
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to? 1305-? 1330 based on the hand.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209841/

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SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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