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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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Burgesses of Southwark. King and Council. The burgesses request the confirmation...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8396
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This record is about the Burgesses of Southwark. King and Council. The burgesses request the confirmation... dating from [? c. 1406] 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 8/168/8396
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1406]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Southwark.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses request the confirmation of their franchises and liberties, as these have been allowed to lapse by the negligence of the bailiffs, and encroached upon by the officials of the city of London, who treat Southwark like a suburb of London. They also request that they be allowed to account at the Exchequer rather than at the London Guildhall.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Southwark, [Surrey]
- London.
- People mentioned
- Bailiffs of Southwark
- Mayor of London
- Recorder of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the guard to? c. 1406, with relation to a similar complaint recorded on the parliament roll of that year.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.595-6 (entry on parliament roll relating to similar matters)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294243/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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