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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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Community of Sussex. King and council. The community of Sussex state that there is...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/259/12913
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This record is about the Community of Sussex. King and council. The community of Sussex state that there is... dating from [? c. 1320-? c. 1336] 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 8/259/12913
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1320-? c. 1336]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Sussex.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The community of Sussex state that there is no gaol in the county, and ask that one may be established at Chichester, under the keeping of the Sheriff.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Chichester, Sussex
- Guildford, Surrey.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A Latin summary of a petition on this subject (SC 8/4/158) is found on a roll from the parliament of October 1320, and another related petition (SC 8/4/157) can be dated to 1336. This petition seems to be of roughly the same date from both content and hand.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/4/157
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.379a-b (no.73) (Latin summary of petition on this subject on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440526/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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