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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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Burgesses of Bristol. King. The burgesses request confirmation of their charter granting...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/269/13401
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This record is about the Burgesses of Bristol. King. The burgesses request confirmation of their charter granting... dating from [1373] 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 8/269/13401
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1373]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Bristol.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses request confirmation of their charter granting them the status of a county.
- Places mentioned
- Bristol.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1373 as a version of the petition was adopted as a common petition in the parliament of 47 Edw. III [1373].
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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.320a-b (no. XIX) (version of petition adopted among common petitions in parliament)
- 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), parliament of 1373, Appendix no.4 (summary of petition and context)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517348/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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