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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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People of Margate, barons of the Cinque Ports. King and council. The people request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8577
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This record is about the People of Margate, barons of the Cinque Ports. King and council. The people request... dating from [? 1325-? 1350] 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 8/172/8577
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1325-? 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Margate, barons of the Cinque Ports.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request that they are able to be discharged of various grievances made to them by the king's ministers according to the purport of an inquisition returned into Chancery, as although they are members of the port of Dover, because Margate is not specified in the charters of the king's progenitors the sheriff of Kent and other ministers disturb them in the enjoyment of the liberties.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the inquisition be viewed before the council.
- Places mentioned
- Margate, [Kent]
- Dover, [Kent].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to? 1325-? 1350 on the basis of the hand, though the petition perhaps may be later in this period than earlier.
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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/C9294442/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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