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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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People of Huntingdon. King. [Petition in 3 parts:]1) The people request that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/269/13419
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This record is about the People of Huntingdon. King. [Petition in 3 parts:]1) The people request that they... dating from [1363] 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 8/269/13419
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1363]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Huntingdon.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 3 parts:]1) The people request that they be discharged the outrageous sums for the increment to their farm for the fair of St Ives as they receive little profit from it since the first pestilence.2) The people request remedy as they were granted cognizance of all manner of pleas in their town but have been denied the assizes of novel disseisin and mort d'ancestor before Thorp and his companions, justices of assize in Huntingdonshire.3) They request that their charter be renewed with specific words granting them the two assizes in relief of the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Huntingdon, [Huntingdonshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1363 as the petitioners were granted respite for the increment to their farm on 10 November 1363 (CPR 1361-4, p.417).
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XII, 1361-1364, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.417 (grant of respite of the increment to their farm for the fair)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517366/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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