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Commonalty. King and council. [The petition is only partly legible.]The commonalty...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/163/8108

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This record is about the Commonalty. King and council. [The petition is only partly legible.]The commonalty... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1400] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/163/8108
Date
[c. 1300-c. 1400]
Description
Petitioners
Commonalty.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[The petition is only partly legible.]The commonalty requests that the lords be ordered ... against the law that they have no regard for this statute in this point ... to protect the king and uphold the law.
Nature of endorsement
The commons have left parliament.
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/C9293952/

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SC 8

Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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