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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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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/207/10318
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1346]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1346 by reference to the commission to the Earl of Huntingdon in CPR 1343-5 p. 427.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/71/3540
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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/C9333874/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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