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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 Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E832
What’s it about?
This record is about the People of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire,... dating from [c. 1300-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 8/327/E832
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people of the several counties request that Spigurnel or another knowledgeable in the law be assigned to take the assizes and juries for the king and the profit of the people, as none has been assigned for three years or more to their great damage and the ruin of the law.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram toto consilio.
- Places mentioned
- Gloucestershire
- Herefordshire
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Worcestershire
- Warwickshire
- Leicestershire.
- People mentioned
- Henry Spigurnel.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1300-c. 1320 based upon 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/C9682827/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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