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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
Item
People of the city of .... King and Council. [This petition is badly damaged, and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/337/15941
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This record is about the People of the city of .... King and Council. [This petition is badly damaged, and... dating from [? c. 1320-? c. 1350] 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 8/337/15941
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1320-? c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the city of ....
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged, and only a small section is now legible. The petitioners complain of great costs, seemingly due to attacks on their town.]
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege.It pleases the king that the taxation be pardoned at this time in order that the are able to sustain the safety of the town.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively to the period c. 1320-c. 1350 based on the handwriting and the reference to destruction, probably by the Scots. Most of the petition is illegible.
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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/C9529693/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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