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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 wapentake of ... and of Stamford. King and council. The people request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/326/E783
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This record is about the People of the wapentake of ... and of Stamford. King and council. The people request... dating from [c. 1295-c. 1315] 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 8/326/E783
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295-c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the wapentake of ... and of Stamford.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request remedy for the duresses of the sheriff and his bailiffs who have put them on assizes [...] often in their absence, and returned mainpernors so that [...] of the issues and distrained by the green wax; also they spare the rich for their gifts and trouble those who have no more than 10s whereby the commonalty of the country are destroyed and reduced to begging.
- Nature of endorsement
- They did not come.
- Places mentioned
- Stamford, Lincolnshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1295-c. 1315 on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9682778/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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