This website, part of the National Archives Documents Online service, provides free access to over 17,000 digital images of ancient petitions in the National Archives.
These petitions date from the reign of Henry III (1216-1272) to James I (1603-25), with concentrations in the reigns of Edward I (1272-1307), Edward II (1307-1327) and Edward III (1327-1377). Petitions represent appeals for the righting of wrongs and for favours from the king, but additionally reveal social, political and linguistic information.
The website allows this extensive collection to be searched by name, place, occupation, date and keywords, images may be downloaded.
The resource was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council under the Resource Enhancement Scheme.
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