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