Piers Turgys, on behalf of the poor people of York. Turgys Piers King and council....

Petitioners

Piers Turgys, on behalf of the poor people of York.

Name(s)

Turgys, Piers

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Piers Turgys states, on behalf of the poor people of York, that the Friars Minor have built a wall above the level of the River Ouse, so that when there is a flood, the whole street of Skeldergate is almost inundated, and people at risk of drowning. They request that the king assign a loyal and worthy man to arrange for the building of a similar wall along the other bank of the river, from the murage which the town has levied for the last seven years, which has not been spent: which will improve the quay and the city, as well as protecting the people.

Nature of endorsement

It is to be done.And Master William de Sheldergate and Roger Basy, junior, are to be appointed in the form of the petition. And a writ is to be sent to the mayor and bailiffs etc.

Places mentioned

Everwyk (York)

River Ouse, Yorkshire

Skeldergate, York.

People mentioned

Community of Friars Minor (Franciscans), York

Master William de Sheldergate (Skeldergate)

Roger Basy, junior.

For transcript, see p.138 of PRO 31/7/93

For a related petition see SC 8/277/13845

• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.387 (mandate to Master William de Sheldergate and Roger Basy, junior, to construct the wall mentioned in petition)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.477a, no.99 (full edition of original document)
• 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), 1305, autumn parliament, appendix, evidence of business done at this parliament from chancery enrolments and elsewhere, no.15 (summary of references to the petition)