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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor and citizens of Hereford. King. The Mayor and citizens of Hereford claim that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/251/12518
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This record is about the Mayor and citizens of Hereford. King. The Mayor and citizens of Hereford claim that... dating from [1399] 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 8/251/12518
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and citizens of Hereford.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Mayor and citizens of Hereford claim that their city is impoverished by the sums payable to the king for their fee farm and for each tenth collected in the town, particularly due to the number o people in the town who are exempt from contributing to various levies. They therefore requests that their franchises be extended in the same manner as has occurred in Worcester and Gloucester, and also that no citizen of the town be forced to go out of their town to answer the justices of the peace, the sheriff or other officials.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Hereford, [Herefordshire]
- March of Wales
- Worcester, [Worcestershire]
- Gloucester, [Gloucestershire].
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the chancery warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed see no.12977 of C 81/582
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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 Charter Rolls, vol. V, 15 Edw III - 5 Hen V, 1341-1417, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.382 (requested grant of various franchises to the people of Hereford) & p.353 (similar grant to the people of Worcester) & p.371 (similar grant to the people of Gloucester)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440124/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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