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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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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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This record is about the Burgesses of Ravenser Odd and Grimsby. King and council. The burgesses of Ravenser... 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 8/6/284
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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 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].
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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 7019
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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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- 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060406/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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