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Burgesses of Ravenser Odd and Grimsby. King and council. The burgesses of Ravenser...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/6/284

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Reference
SC 8/6/284
Date
[1321-1322]
Description
Petitioners
Burgesses of Ravenser Odd and Grimsby.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The burgesses of Ravenser Odd and Grimsby state that they have been ordered by the king to provide two ships and two barges, at double capacity, for forty days, at their own cost, and that these are now ready. They request that they might be unloaded to go by land, because of the great danger which could come to these towns from the king's enemies who are on the seas.
Nature of endorsement
It pleases the king that those who have been assigned to go by sea should go by sea, in as much strength as possible, as the good people promised the king.And as regards the rest, the king wishes them to do as the commonalty of the people does.
Places mentioned
Ravenserod (Ravenser Odd), [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Grimsby, [Lincolnshire].
Note
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).CCR 1318-23 p.559 is dated at Rothwell, 1 June 1322, but may not be relevant as the length of time for which the ship is to serve does not agree.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7019
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.559 (the king thanks the bailiffs and men of Ravenser Odd for providing a ship for sixteen weeks)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.405a, no.101 (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.101 (summary of references)
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