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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/311/15569
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1348]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1348 in Rot. Parl., vol. II, p. 194.
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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)
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- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682579/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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