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Reference Number496.5 BA9360/B3/Box 4 - Box 5
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/7/3/1
TitleCopies of Petitions to Chamber and House of Lords
DescriptionVarious documents including:
Petitions to chamber meetings regarding freedoms, loans and leases, dated 1791 - 1844.
Authorities to give audit coats to the poor, dated 1813 - 1822.
Petitions to the House of Lords: for imposing fines of Alderman refusing to accept office as mayor; for the Birmingham Canal Navigation; against bribery and corruption; regarding elections of Guardians & Overseers of the Poor to have more power; regarding harbours and passing tolls; regarding the brutal assault of the Prince Regent, dated 1817; from the inhabitants of Evesham regarding property tax; from the inhabitants of Morpeth regarding taxes, dated 1853; from the inhabitants of Birmingham regarding repairing the road between Droitwich and Spadesbourne; petition against additional duties on imported grain, dated 1815; petition against distilling grain, dated 1801; petition against slavery; petition against property tax, dated 1815; petition for erecting a workhouse in Worcester, dated 1729; from David Salmons regarding the election of Aldermen in London to prevent the passing of the Insolvents Bill, dated 1806.
Date1729-1844
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