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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 realm of England. King and council. The people request that penances...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/334/E1149
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This record is about the People of the realm of England. King and council. The people request that penances... dating from [c. 1307-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 8/334/E1149
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the realm of England.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people request that penances on the ministers of the king be ordained as the poor people are unable to have sure remedy because the ministers accept writs from Chancery and the Exchequer at will and for great gifts.
- Nature of endorsement
- The complainants should sue their complaints before the justices who were assigned in each county to hear complaints against the king's ministers, and before them let justice be done.
- Places mentioned
- Ministers of the king.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1307-c. 1320 on the basis of the hand. As most of the petitions that precede this one in this file are dated to around 1312-1315, it seems likely that this petitions is similarly dated.
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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/C9683275/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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