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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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Barons of the Cinque Ports. Council. Request for the provision of writs on the charters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/206/10271
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This record is about the Barons of the Cinque Ports. Council. Request for the provision of writs on the charters... dating from [c. 1378] 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 8/206/10271
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Barons of the Cinque Ports.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- Request for the provision of writs on the charters of the Cinque Ports in relation to their privileges in regard to fifteenths and tenths.
- Nature of endorsement
- Order for a supersedeas on the levy of the fifteenth and tenth until the Nativity of St John the Baptist.
- Places mentioned
- Cinque Ports.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Notes on the guard associate this petition with the campaign by the Cinque Ports to defend their privileged position with regard to levies made by the crown in the early years of Richard II; the fifteenth and tenth in question thus becomes, most likely, that imposed in 1377.
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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/C9333827/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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