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People of Beverley. King and council. The people of Beverley make two requests.1)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/5/223

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Reference
SC 8/5/223
Date
[1377]
Description
Petitioners
People of Beverley.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The people of Beverley make two requests.1) They have been granted various liberties by the charters of the king's progenitors and by his confirmation; The clause 'licet' appears in the charters, but, through negligence, not in the confirmation; therefore they request that the king renew the confirmation with the clause.2) Although Beverley is not on the coast and is charged with fifteenths and subsidies like other towns in Yorkshire, they have recently been required, by a letter of the privy seal, to contribute, with the people of Kingston upon Hull, to the making of a barge, while several towns on the coast - Barton upon Humber, Grimsby, Hornsea, Scarborough and Whitby - have been excused. They request that they may in future be quit of paying for or contributing to the making of ships or boats of any kind.
Nature of endorsement
They are to have their charter with a clause of 'licet', paying a fine of £10 for this; they are also to have letters patent of the king's grant in accordance with the intent of the second article, without paying a fine.
Places mentioned
Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Barton-upon-Humber, [Lincolnshire]
Greynesby (Grimsby), [Lincolnshire]
Hornesee (Hornsea), [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Skarburgh (Scarborough), [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Whitby, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
People of Kingston upon Hull.
Note
The petition is dated to 1377 because the petitioner's requests were answered by letters granted at Westminster on 14 February 1377 (CPR 1374-1377, p. 428).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 385
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XVI, 1374-1377, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.428 (the letters patent requested by the petition, with a summary of it)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.394a (SC 8/5/222)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060343/

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