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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 the land of England;2) People of the cities and boroughs of England. King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/318/E334
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This record is about the People of the land of England;2) People of the cities and boroughs of England. King... dating from [1307-c. 1320] 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 8/318/E334
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307-c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the land of England;2) People of the cities and boroughs of England.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- 1) The people of the land request that the cyrographers and clerk of the bench be commanded that they do not take excessive sums for the making of fines, the amount being ordained in the time of the king's father; they make a similar request concerning the criers.2) The people of the cities and boroughs state that they were granted liberties by charters of kings that they can have removal of pleas touching their liberties out of the Bench, and they request that it be commanded that they can have transcripts of original writs and the record of each plea under the seal of the chief justice as they used to have in the time of John de Mettingham.
- Nature of endorsement
- F[Feit] [It has been done].
- People mentioned
- John de Metingham (Mettingham), [Chief Justice of Common Pleas].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1307-c. 1320 as the petition seems to be of a similar date as those in the file around it, but is clearly in the reign of Edward II, making reference to 'King Edward father of our lord the king'..
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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/C9529386/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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