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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons. King. [Petition in 5 parts].1) It is requested that members of the council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/174/8680
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This record is about the Commons. King. [Petition in 5 parts].1) It is requested that members of the council... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1327] 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 8/174/8680
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 5 parts].1) It is requested that members of the council be assigned to enquire into the perils and troubles and the other reasons why Pieres did not dare to come to receive the charges of the office that you assigned to him, until sufficient remedies are ordained upon the perils and troubles and especially in the parts touching Scotland and Gascony, as he has been assigned proctor and defender of your right and your subjects in those parts.2) To enquire of the defences and remedies ordained by the king's grandfather and his councillors by which he and his . . . were defended from the worst part of the perils.3) To enquire of the reasons for which the defences of the king's father were delayed whereof Scotland and lands in Gascony, the Agenais and Saintonge were lost.4) They request that these remedies be considered before the king answers the pope and the king of France or enters into treaties.5) To survey the reasons why Ellis de Joneston was of no power, and to ordain someone in his place until the coming of Pieres.
- Nature of endorsement
- [The endorsement is largely illegible, and it is not clear whether it is a 6th request or a response to the petition].
- Places mentioned
- Scotland
- Gascony, [France]
- Agenais, [Guyenne, France]
- Saintonge, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- John Pieres
- Ellis de Joneston (Johnston).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates from some time in the reign of Edward II.
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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/C9294546/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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