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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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Proctors of the commonalty of the king's subjects of England and other lands. King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/167/8340
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This record is about the Proctors of the commonalty of the king's subjects of England and other lands. King... dating from [c. 1325-c. 1375] 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 8/167/8340
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-c. 1375]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Proctors of the commonalty of the king's subjects of England and other lands.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- Incomplete petition seemingly relating to appeals made by advocates and proctors of Gascony regarding the rights in of the king, his father, grandfather and other ancestors. However, the sense and purpose of the petition are unclear.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Incomplete and unclear Latin endorsement.]
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- France.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is very difficult to date and is assigned, on the basis of the hand, to the second or third quarters of the fourteenth century.
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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/C9294185/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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