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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Blandford. [Henry de Lacy], Earl [of Lincoln], and council. [This petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/258/12859
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This record is about the Burgesses of Blandford. [Henry de Lacy], Earl [of Lincoln], and council. [This petition... dating from [1307] 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 8/258/12859
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Blandford.
- Addressees
- [Henry de Lacy], Earl [of Lincoln], and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged.]The petitioners state that they are greatly impoverished for several reasons which they list and request permission to have a fair in Blandford on the eve of the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, on the day and on the morrow.
- Nature of endorsement
- It has been granted that the Earl of Lincoln should have a fair in the town of Blandford on the vigil [of the Apostles Peter and Paul, on the day, and on the morrow, with everything that belongs to a fair].
- Places mentioned
- Blandford, [Dorset].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition seems to have the same endorsement as one enrolled on the roll of Hilary parliament of 1307 (Rot. Parl. vol. I, p.193b (no.13)), but appears to have been addressed to the Earl, and apparently forwarded by him. CChR 1300-26 p.78 is dated 4 February 1307.
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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 Charter Rolls, vol. III, Edw I and Edw II, 1300-1326, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.78 (grant of this fair)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.193b (no.13) (Latin summary of a petition from the Earl of Lincoln on this subject on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440471/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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