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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Leicester. King and council. The people of Leicester request that if their...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/203/10147
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This record is about the People of Leicester. King and council. The people of Leicester request that if their... dating from [1322] 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 8/203/10147
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Leicester.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Leicester request that if their town is let at farm it be let to the more loyal people of the town at the ancient farm and that the ancient usages and customs be maintained and the bad ones ousted. After the town came into the king's hand by the forfeiture of Simon de Montford when it was given to Earl Edmund, redress was made of bad customs and usages, but under Earl Thomas evil people have put the farm so high that levying it has destroyed the people.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- The king wishes to enquire of these bad customs, and will do what he considers ought to be done.2) Coram rege. Herlaston.
- Places mentioned
- Leicester, [Leicestershire].
- People mentioned
- Simon de Mountford (Montford), Earl of Leicester
- Edmund Crouchback, earl of Leicester
- Thomas of Lancaster, Earl of Lancaster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition clearly dates to 1322 as it is after the fall of Thomas of Lancaster, and this is confirmed by the inquisition held in response to the petition on 12 June 1322 (CIM 1307-49, no.548). See also VCH Leicestershire, vol. IV, p. 19.
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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 Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.548 (inquisition into the customs in the times of Earl Edmund and Earl Thomas)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333702/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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