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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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People of Devizes. King and council. The people of Devises request that the King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/265/13205
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This record is about the People of Devizes. King and council. The people of Devises request that the King... dating from [1330] 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 8/265/13205
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Devizes.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of Devises request that the King grant them the said town for the ancient extent, as they had in the time of Edward I, and that they can have the usages and customs which they had in times past, such as electing their own bailiffs and having full return of writs.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition should go to Chancery, and they should show how they used to hold the town, and justice should be done.
- Places mentioned
- Devizes, [Wiltshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1330, since this is the date of the parliament to which it belongs (Rot. Parl. Vol. II, p. 43).
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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)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.43a (no.56) (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, pp.31-51, no.56 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517152/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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