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None. Commons of the present parliament. The petitioners request that the commons...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/155/7741

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This record is about the None. Commons of the present parliament. The petitioners request that the commons... dating from [1432] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/155/7741
Date
[1432]
Description
Petitioners
None.
Addressees
Commons of the present parliament.
Nature of request
The petitioners request that the commons will request that the king ordain, with the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal that cloth measured by the alnager and sealed with the king's seal and the subsidy paid shall not be forfeited or anyone into whose hands it has come be vexed or troubled by the king's ministers.
Nature of endorsement
[On face].Let this bill be sent to the lords.[On dorse, none].
Note
The petition is one of the common petitions presented at the May parliament in 1422 where a complete text of this petition can be found (Rot. Parl. vol. IV, p.404a (no.x)).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.404a (no.x) (transcription of common petition on parliament roll with a response)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209933/

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