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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. [Not specified]. The commons request that whereas at the Westminster Parliament...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/307/15328
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/307/15328
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1423]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons.
- Addressees
- [Not specified].
- Nature of request
- The commons request that whereas at the Westminster Parliament of the 25th year of Edward III's reign [1351], a statute was ordained concerning which things should be called treason, that it now be ordained by statute that if any person is indicted on suspicion of high treason and committed to the King's prison and escapes that this should be considered treason, since no provision was previously made for such escapes. And the lords of the fee in such cases should have the escheats and forfeitures of lands and tenements of those thus attainted, as of those attainted of petty treason. And this statute should take effect from 20 October last until the next Parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] It should be done as is desired by the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition dates to 1423 since it is included with the petitions from this year on the Parliament Roll (Rot. Parl., vol. IV, p. 260).
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.260b (no.60) (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518383/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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