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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 and merchants of the 'Earl's Part' of Coventry. King. The burgesses and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/278/13876
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/278/13876
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1345]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses and merchants of the 'Earl's Part' of Coventry.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses and merchants of the part of Coventry called the 'Earl's Part' request a charter of confirmation of their various privileges and customs.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition was sent to the king and the Bishop of Worcester [...] [all cancelled].2) Because a case is pending in the king's court upon the contents of this petition, it should be left until the end of the plea.
- Places mentioned
- Coventry, [Warwickshire].
- People mentioned
- Earl of Chester
- Randolf (Ranulph) [de Blondeville], Earl of Chester
- Bishop of Worcester.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The handwriting would tend to date this petition to the first half of the fourteenth century, and the subject matter would date it to some point before Coventry's charter of incorporation in 1345. The reference to the Bishop of Worcester may date it to the period 1310-13, when Walter Reynolds was both Bishop of Worcester and Chancellor.
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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/C9517824/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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