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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 community of London. King. The mayor and community of London request that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/250/12496
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This record is about the Mayor and community of London. King. The mayor and community of London request that... dating from [1386] 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 8/250/12496
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1386]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and community of London.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The mayor and community of London request that whereas the walls and other fortifications of the city are old and weak for lack of repair and the ditches full of dung and rubbish, especially in times of war, that for ten years they be permitted to levy fine on all victuals and other merchandises coming to the city by land or water to be sold, for repairing the walls, fortifications and ditches according to the bill attached to this petition.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1386, with reference to CPR 1385-9, p. 210, a grant of murage to the petitioners. This is also the date of the Chancery warrant with which it was formerly enclosed (C 81/493 no.4075).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Chancery writ in which this was formerly enclosed see no.4075 of C 81/493
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.210 (grant of murage to petitioners)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440102/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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