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People of Somerset and Dorset. King and council. The people of Somerset and Dorset...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/263/13113

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This record is about the People of Somerset and Dorset. King and council. The people of Somerset and Dorset... dating from [? 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/263/13113
Date
[? 1330]
Description
Petitioners
People of Somerset and Dorset.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The people of Somerset and Dorset request remedy against the sheriff of those counties who purveys victuals at low prices.
Nature of endorsement
The matter should be sent before those assigned to hear and determine all abuses by sheriffs and other ministers of the crown.
Places mentioned
Somerset
Dorset.
People mentioned
Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset.
Note
Dated on the guard to? 1330; see PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, p.40, no. 47.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.40b (no.47) (edition of petition)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, p.40, no.47 (summary of references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517057/

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