Over 17,000 images from petitions presented to kings, Parliament, chancellors, and other officers of state. For the most part, these fascinating documents fall into two primary categories: ”some ask for the redress of grievances which could not be resolved at common law; others are more straightforward requests for a grant of favour.” The petitions here date from the reign of Henry III (1216-1272 to the reign of James I (1603-1625). (The National Archives in Britain 2011)?