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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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Citizens of Canterbury. King. The citizens of Canterbury request that the king appoint...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/220/10980
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This record is about the Citizens of Canterbury. King. The citizens of Canterbury request that the king appoint... dating from [1287] 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 8/220/10980
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1287]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Citizens of Canterbury.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The citizens of Canterbury request that the king appoint justices to investigate their claims that the Archbishop of Canterbury has impleaded the bailiffs of the city, and has attempted to appropriate the main street of the city for his own tenants to set up their stalls, to their damage. They state that the Archbishop has such favour at court that their rights and those of the king are being destroyed.
- Nature of endorsement
- Three justices were sent to enquire.
- Places mentioned
- Canterbury, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- [John Pecham], Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to 1287 with reference to the writ at SC 8/220/10979 with which it was formerly enclosed.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a writ with which this petition was formerly enclosed see SC 8/220/10979
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.60b (summary of related petition on parliament roll of 1290)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 02, appendix, no.210 (full edition and translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334539/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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