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People of Westminster. King and council. The people of Westminster make two requests:1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/200/9999
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This record is about the People of Westminster. King and council. The people of Westminster make two requests:1)... dating from [1331] 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 8/200/9999
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Westminster.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Westminster make two requests:1) They state that whereas they have always had, by livery of the Marshal, certain sergeants of office in their houses, who have charged them for two horses and two servants (garsons), now the King's and Queen's people are coming and entering into all their houses and occupying them with six or seven horses, against the will of the owners of these houses. And they knock down the petitioners' walls, doors and windows, so that they can have no profit from their houses, and they take what they find there, without giving satisfaction for it. They request a remedy.2) Although Westminster is not a market town, city or borough, the King's clerks of the market, each time they come, demand their expenses for themselves, their servants (garsons) and their horses, for one day and one night. They request aid and a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have a writ to the stewards and marshals not to burden the said town other than it should be charged and used to be charged - and to the clerks of the market if necessary.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- [Philippa of Hainault], Queen of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1330-4 p.219 is dated 12 November 1331. Some of the details are slightly different from this petition, but it would seem to be in response to the same incidents.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/78/3889
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.219 (order to the steward and marshals of the household not to overburden the people of Westminster, but to allow them to have their easements in their houses)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295889/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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