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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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Men and tenants of the town of Coventry. Council of the prince. The men and tenants...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/333/E1006
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This record is about the Men and tenants of the town of Coventry. Council of the prince. The men and tenants... dating from [1375-1376] 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 8/333/E1006
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1375-1376]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Men and tenants of the town of Coventry.
- Addressees
- Council of the prince.
- Nature of request
- The men and tenants request the prince's aid for remedy as they have been granted and confirmed by the king and his progenitors that they be quit of all manner of tolls throughout the realm, but the mayor and bailiffs of Dublin will not allow this and have arrested the goods and chattels of the men of Coventry and imprisoned them because they say that such quittance is against their liberties, and will not release them until they make a fine.They request that the clerk of the town and others of the town who are present be arrested and made to answer before the council of [? the king] and the chancellor in Chancery for these wrongs.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the chancellor and the keeper of the privy seal be spoken to on this matter
- Places mentioned
- Coventry, [Warwickshire]
- Dublin, [Ireland].
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince [of Wales].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1375-1376 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to the Black Prince or his council dating to those years.
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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/C9683129/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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