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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Not specified Council. This petition contains three requests:1) It asks the council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/260/12969
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This record is about the Not specified Council. This petition contains three requests:1) It asks the council... dating from [? c. 1335-? c. 1350] 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 8/260/12969
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1335-? c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Not specified
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- This petition contains three requests:1) It asks the council to ordain for the safekeeping of Pevensey castle, which is in a perilous place on the coast and has been attacked twice this year by the King's enemies and is lacking in all manner of stores and provisions.2) It asks that the wall of Bristol castle might be repaired.3) It asks that the wall of Knaresborough castle might be repaired.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Pevensey, [Sussex]
- Bristol
- Knaresborough, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated with reference to the hand and to attacks by the French.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516913/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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