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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Canterbury. King. They request that the king array the town in another...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/245/12205
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This record is about the People of Canterbury. King. They request that the king array the town in another... dating from [1326] 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 8/245/12205
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1326]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Canterbury.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- They request that the king array the town in another manner and to take certain of the prominent of the country and town that they ordain in such a manner for the keeping and punishment of the malefactors who have disturbed the city so that they answer to the king, and that they use a commission to do this.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems well that it is commanded to the arrayers of those parts that they array the people of city as elsewhere within their bailiwick so that men are able to know which people they are, . . . and the sheriff and other sufficient people of the country be assigned with the bailiffs to enquire in their behaviour and aid in their punishment, and if necessary that the king be certified so that he can ordain etc.
- Places mentioned
- Canterbury, [Kent].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1326 as a note on the guards of the petition and the privy seal warrant - C 81/131/7302 - show that this was enclosed with that warrant, though the warrant seems to have little apparent relevance to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery Warrant in which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no. 7802 in C 81/131
For another petition formerly enclosed with this, see SC 8/245/12204
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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/C9439810/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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