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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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Mayor and burgesses of Bristol. King. [Petition in 2 parts].1) The mayor and burgesses...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/228/11357
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This record is about the Mayor and burgesses of Bristol. King. [Petition in 2 parts].1) The mayor and burgesses... dating from [1323] 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 8/228/11357
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and burgesses of Bristol.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 2 parts].1) The mayor and burgesses request that Stonor and le Burser who the king has assigned justices of oyer and terminer for many trespasses committed in the town be ordered to come to the town quickly, or if they cannot come, new justices be assigned.2) A writ is requested to the mayor to enquire of those causing dissent in the town, and will ordain what is to be done with those so found.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bristol.
- People mentioned
- John de Stonover (Stonor), justice of oyer and terminer
- John le Burser, justice of oyer and terminer.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1323 based on SC 8/228/11358.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the covering letter for the petition, see SC 8/228/11358
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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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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), pp.379-380 (commissions of oyer and terminer)
- Law and Order in Fourteenth-Century England: The Evidence of Special Commissions of Oyer and Terminer, R. W. Kaeuper, (Whiting & Co., London, 1979), p.752 (discussion of petition with brief extract)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334917/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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