Hi Chris: Many thanks - I'll pass this on to the colleague who is interested in these petitions. Cheers Brian Randell On 3 Apr 2012, at 20:10, Chris Pitt Lewis wrote: > > There is some information in Maurice Bond, Guide to the Records of > Parliament (HMSO 1971), especially pp.172-173. The gist is that tens of > thousands of petitions were presented over the years, but most of the > originals have been destroyed, though some have been randomly preserved > and are indeed in the House of Lords Record Office. There may have been > a similar petition to the Commons, but Commons petitions before 1834 > were destroyed in the 1834 fire. > > Chris Pitt Lewis > > > > In message <[email protected]>, Peter Park > <[email protected]> writes >> Brian, >> >> >> >> My guess is that they are in the House of Lords Records Office. >> >> >> >> Peter Park >> >> Fulwood >> >> Lancashire >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Brian Randell >> Sent: 03 April 2012 17:25 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [SOG-UK] House of Lords petitions >> >> >> >> Hi: >> >> >> >> A contributor to GENUKI/Devon has recently sent me details of a short >> entry: >> >> >> >>> Great Britain House of Lords. (1833). Journals of the House of Lords, Vol. >> >> >>> 65. page 223. >> >> >> >> (a volume that is available online in Google Books), >> >> >> >> which refers to a "petition by Members of the Farmers Society in the >> Parishes of Hemyock, Culmstock and Clayhidon in the County of Devon". The >> entry ends: "It is Ordered that the said Petition do lie on the Table". >> >> >> >> There are in fact many entries like this referring to various petitions, >> from various parts of the country. >> >> >> >> I was wondering if such petitions were ever retained, and are now accessible >> - and if so how to find them. >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Brian Randell >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, >> >> NE1 7RU, UK >> >> EMAIL = [email protected] PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 >> >> FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > -- > Chris Pitt Lewis > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = [email protected] PHONE = +44 191 222 7923 FAX = +44 191 222 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell