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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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Knights of the counties and the people of cities . . . King and council. [Petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/156/7796
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This record is about the Knights of the counties and the people of cities . . . King and council. [Petition... dating from [? 1280-? 1300] 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 8/156/7796
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1280-? 1300]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Knights of the counties and the people of cities . . .
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in four parts, though the petition is badly damaged and the sense of the latter three petitions is difficult to recover].1) Request concerning the granting of pardons for the death of people.2) Request concerning the custom of wool.3) [Sense lost].4) [Sense lost].
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face].1) [Insufficient survives to make sense of this].2) The thing . . .3) It is agreed that this be done.[On dorse, none].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to 1280-1300 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/C9209988/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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