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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
Item
Earls, barons, bishops, abbots, priors and other tenants of the franchise of Cirencester....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/202/10069
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This record is about the Earls, barons, bishops, abbots, priors and other tenants of the franchise of Cirencester.... dating from [1290] 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 8/202/10069
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Earls, barons, bishops, abbots, priors and other tenants of the franchise of Cirencester.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that they are not taxable to the county of Gloucestershire, and they perform no suit to the county, nor have they or their ancestors contributed to the common fine made before justices in eyre for false judgment and other trespasses committed in the county court; but the Sheriff of Gloucestershire is now demanding from them a quarter of this fine. They request grace and a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- It has been answered before the council.On the roll.
- Places mentioned
- Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Latin summary of this petition is enrolled on a roll of petitions from the parliament of Easter 1290 (PROME, roll 02, introduction).
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.62a (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no. 233 (full edition and translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333625/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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