A collection of common (as opposed to private) petitions presented to Parliament; these are petitions that were deemed to be of interest to the generality of the king's subjects. Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-295) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Ministers and officials -- Church and religion -- Liberties, franchises, and rights -- Crime, debt, and the law -- Merchants, trade, and finance -- War, resistance, and revolt -- Multiple petitions -- Appendix: Chronological lists of known common petitions, 1290-1340.
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