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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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Commonalty of the . . . King and council. [Approximately half of the petition is...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/155/7729
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This record is about the Commonalty of the . . . King and council. [Approximately half of the petition is... dating from [1310-1340] 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 8/155/7729
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1310-1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of the . . .
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [Approximately half of the petition is completely illegible. Petition in 2 parts].1) The commonalty request . . . [The full sense is not recoverable, but seems to concern pleas of land and debt in court christian in prejudice of the king's dignity and to the disinheritance of the commonalty].2) The people request remedy [Again the sense of the petition is not recoverable].1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Those that were for the king should come into Chancery and show what they have in general and otherwise, and let a remedy be ordained. And those who have been aggrieved should have a remedy, and let a general prohibition be ordained of the things contained in the petition against the ordinary.2) Coram magno consilio because it is considered that a remedy is to be applied.
- Places mentioned
- Garboldisham, [Norfolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to 1310-1340 on the basis of the hand. The more substantial response is in French which suggests a date after 1322.
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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/C9209921/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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