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Commons of the county of Kent. Council. Request that the Earl of Huntingdon be ordered...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/207/10318

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This record is about the Commons of the county of Kent. Council. Request that the Earl of Huntingdon be ordered... dating from [c. 1346] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/207/10318
Date
[c. 1346]
Description
Petitioners
Commons of the county of Kent.
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
Request that the Earl of Huntingdon be ordered to allow those arrayed for the defence of the coasts to return to their homes to rest.
Nature of endorsement
Let the Earl of Huntingdon, chief arrayer in Kent, be ordered to let them return home for ease and rest.
Places mentioned
Kent.
People mentioned
[William Clinton,] Earl of Huntingdon.
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1346 by reference to the commission to the Earl of Huntingdon in CPR 1343-5 p. 427.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/71/3540

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333874/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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