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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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Community of the country of Holland in Lincolnshire. King and council. The petitioners...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/209/10407
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This record is about the Community of the country of Holland in Lincolnshire. King and council. The petitioners... dating from [c. 1325-c. 1375] 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 8/209/10407
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-c. 1375]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of the country of Holland in Lincolnshire.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners complain that Goddard, indicted of numerous felonies, homicides ad robberies, has claimed clergy, and his friends and family are asking the great men of the land to beg the king's grace. They claim that this will be a bad example and request that Goddard not be delivered to the ordinary until the king has been informed of the offences.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be done.
- Places mentioned
- Holland, Lincolnshire
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Goddard.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- No firm context has been established for this petition, which is tentatively dated, on the basis of the hand, to the second or third quarters of the fourteenth century.
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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/C9333964/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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