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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 the Cinque Ports and other ports of England. King. The people request that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/176/8764
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This record is about the People of the Cinque Ports and other ports of England. King. The people request that... dating from [? 1350-? 1400] 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 8/176/8764
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1350-? 1400]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the Cinque Ports and other ports of England.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people request that for the diminution of the acts of war and invasion of the ancient alliances of the enemy, the chancellor be commanded to make commissions and other letters to the admirals and all other ministers to keep the laws, liberties and customs that are found to be ordained in the time of the king's grandfather with all amendments which have been ordained by the council for the king's profit and honour.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Cinque Ports.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to? 1350-? 1400 on the basis of the hand. The guard note suggests a date of Edw. II-Edw. III, but the hand does not appear to support this.
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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/C9294632/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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