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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of the liberty of St Edmund. King and council. The commons ask that the statute...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/266/13296
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/266/13296
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of the liberty of St Edmund.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commons ask that the statute made in the King's fourteenth year that stipulates that bailiwicks or hundreds held in fee if they be let at farm be let at the ancient farm without increase be recited, and that a certain penalty be ordained against those who trespass against it, as hundreds in the liberty have been let for twice or three times the ancient farm, and other outrageous contraventions of this statute committed, causing great oppressions on the people.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let writs be made to the lords of the liberty and elsewhere to keep the statute both at the suit of the king and of any other party who feels aggrieved; and let attachments be made if anyone acts contrary to this.
- Places mentioned
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is dated to 1320-1327 on the basis of the reference to the King's fourteenth year (8 July 1320-7 July 1321).
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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/C9517243/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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