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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Beverley. King and council. The burgesses of Beverley request that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/5/222
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This record is about the Burgesses of Beverley. King and council. The burgesses of Beverley request that the... 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 8/5/222
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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
- Burgesses of Beverley.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Beverley request that the king confirm their charters, granted by his ancestors, that they might be able to enclose Beverley with a wall and ditch, and that they might be able to raise the costs of doing this, now and in future, from the people of Beverley, according to the wealth of each one.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.The king wishes to speak to the archbishop of York and to see their charters, and to do what pleases him.
- Places mentioned
- Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- [William Melton] Archbishop of York.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition in part on the same matter, see SC 8/5/224
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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 506
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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.394a, no.39 (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. 39 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060342/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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