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Community of Kent. King and council. The community of Kent requests that they be...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/311/15569

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This record is about the Community of Kent. King and council. The community of Kent requests that they be... dating from [1348] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/311/15569
Date
[1348]
Description
Petitioners
Community of Kent.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The community of Kent requests that they be discharged from such unreasonable charges as fines for men at arms, hobelars and archers, keeping the sea and providing victuals for the King's use when he is overseas.
Nature of endorsement
Before the King.
Places mentioned
Kent.
Note
The petition is dated to 1348 in Rot. Parl., vol. II, p. 194.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1345-1348, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.398 (oyer and terminer into persons who prevented King's servants from shipping victuals for sustenance of the King and his lieges in the war with France)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.194a (no.76) (similar version of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682579/

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