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Commons of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. King and council in parliament. The commons...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/261/13031

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This record is about the Commons of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. King and council in parliament. The commons... dating from [c. 1377] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/261/13031
Date
[c. 1377]
Description
Petitioners
Commons of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
Addressees
King and council in parliament.
Nature of request
The commons of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire state that they petitioned Edward III at the parliament held at Westminster in the twenty-second year of his reign, complaining that the sheriffs of their counties were being charged with the full farm, although Edward III had granted various franchises to various people, and asking that they might be charged only with the profits they received, or that they might be discharged of the sum granted away. An inquiry was ordered, and the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer were ordered to discharge the sheriffs of an appropriate sum according to its findings. The inquiry was held, and they again petitioned Edward III in parliament, and the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer were again ordered to discharge the sheriffs; but they have continued to charge all the sheriffs since then with the old farm. They ask that a writ of the great seal might be sent to the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer to discharge the sheriffs of this sum in perpetuity.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Nottinghamshire
Derbyshire
Westminster.
People mentioned
Edward [III], King of England.
Note
From the content, datable to the early years of Richard II. CPR 1348-50 pp.62-3 is dated 8 February 1348, and is clearly the response to the petition presented in parliament in 22 Edward III.
Related material

For the second petition referred to here, see SC 8/218/10855

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VIII, 1348-1350, (Public Record Office, 1905), pp.62-3 (earlier commission to enquire into this matter)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516975/

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