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People of . . . King and council. [The petition is badly damaged missing much of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/154/7654

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This record is about the People of . . . King and council. [The petition is badly damaged missing much of... dating from [? 1320-? 1340] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/154/7654
Date
[? 1320-? 1340]
Description
Petitioners
People of . . .
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[The petition is badly damaged missing much of the right-hand and lower portions of the petition, and the sense of the petition is now lost].The petitioners [request remedy] as many of the people are leaving the town because each night . . .
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to? 1320-? 1340.
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/C9209843/

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SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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