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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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Commons of Essex and Hertfordshire. King. The commons state that the sheriffs are...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/342/16132
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This record is about the Commons of Essex and Hertfordshire. King. The commons state that the sheriffs are... dating from [c. 1377-c. 1385] 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 8/342/16132
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377-c. 1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of Essex and Hertfordshire.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The commons state that the sheriffs are charged with levying £157 17s. from farms, sergeanties, and purprestures, and from them, as appears in the pipe of the Exchequer, each sheriff lost before the last pestilence £100, and the counties are not able [...] and how the king, the king's grandfather pardoned many times 100 marks per annum. The commons request that the sum be [? pardoned] perpetually, or reduced as the sheriffs are charged with this on their account.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Essex
- Hertfordshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1377-c. 1385 as the hand suggests a date of about this time, and the petition refers to the last pestilence, so clearly being an outbreak subsequent to that of 1349, and also there is a reference to the king's grandfather, which is clearly a reference to Edward III.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Unsorted Miscellanea (transferred 6/3/24).
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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/C9736613/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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