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William [Melton] archbishop of York. Melton William King and council. William, archbishop...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/5/213
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This record is about the William [Melton] archbishop of York. Melton William King and council. William, archbishop... dating from [1321-1322] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/5/213
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1321-1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William [Melton] archbishop of York. MeltonWilliam
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- William, archbishop of York, complains that, whereas archbishops, bishops abbots and other churchmen ought to be quit of toll on all goods for their sustenance, the king's bailiffs of Boroughbridge are asking toll from them for goods carried by river from Boroughbridge to York and elsewhere - contrary to the stipulation of the General Council of Vienne. He requests that this be stopped, and the franchise of Holy Church upheld.
- Nature of endorsement
- Those who feel themselves to be harmed by this should go to chancery and have the customary remedy there.
- Places mentioned
- Pontdeburgh (Boroughbridge), [West Riding of Yorkshire]; York
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- One of a collection of petitions published on pages 387ff of Rot. Parl., vol I., which all seem to date from around 1322. This dating is confirmed by PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 387-415, which dates these petitions to 15 or 16 Edward II (1321-1323).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 8978
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p 392b, no.28 (full edition of original petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl., vol. I, pp. 387-415, no. 28 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060333/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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