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None. King and council. It is requested that it be ordained on the matter that whereas...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/162/8068

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This record is about the None. King and council. It is requested that it be ordained on the matter that whereas... dating from [c. 1383] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/162/8068
Date
[c. 1383]
Description
Petitioners
None.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
It is requested that it be ordained on the matter that whereas those who are warned by writ of praemunire at the suit of the king that if they be overseas they be able to answer the writs by attorney or attorneys since many men are on the point of being put out of the protection of the king without just cause as they have been overseas by licence of the king and know nothing of suits brought against them.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
(no.33)).
Note
The petition appears to date to 1383 on the basis that the petition seems to have been the basis of, or a draft of a common petition presented to the parliament held at Westminster in October 1383 (Rot. Parl., vol. III, p.159b (no.33)).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.159b (no.33) (common petition almost identical to this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9293912/

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