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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of London. King and council. The people of London state that writs for various...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/259/12917
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/259/12917
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of London state that writs for various courts commonly give a period of fifteen days before the people to whom they are addressed are to appear, which does not give them long enough to take counsel on their business, and also, as they are merchants and live by their merchandise, they cannot be certain when they will be in the city, so that no-one wishes to take action by writ. They also state that the Steward and Marshal have citizens of London impleaded before them, and will not allow the Mayor and people to have an attorney to claim their free men before them, contrary to their franchises and to the Great Charter. They request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- With regard to the first point: the King is not advised to do this.With regard to the second point: they are to sue a writ in Chancery according to the points of their charter.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Westminster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1327-30 p.325, which is dated 22 October 1328, is clearly a response to SC 8/57/2848. This petition would seem likely to be an earlier petition, partly on the same subject.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/57/2848
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.325 (confirmation of rights of citizens of London not to be impleaded outside their walls by the Steward and Marshal)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440530/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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