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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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King's loyal men, ministers, keepers, bailiffs and customs officers of the town of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/11/516
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This record is about the King's loyal men, ministers, keepers, bailiffs and customs officers of the town of... dating from [1330] 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 8/11/516
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- King's loyal men, ministers, keepers, bailiffs and customs officers of the town of Kingston upon Hull.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that the king order certain justices to hear all the wrongs and encroachments upon the king, and the damages suffered by his ministers maintaining the rights of the king against the archbishop of York, who has been usurping all manner of things in Kingston upon Hull to the damage of the crown. The petitioners had petitioned the king at his parliament in Winchester concerning the same matter.
- Nature of endorsement
- Certain people are to be assigned on the part of the king before whom should come the archbishop of York and show all the things that he has to show for himself, and also the bailiffs and good men of Hull should show all the things which they have to show for the king and for themselves so that those assigned for the king will hear their reasons and acquaint themselves with all the good ways etc., and by inquest if necessary. And afterwards they are to certify the king of what they have found, which the king in deliberation and council upon what the certification made to him will be able to ordain what is to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Winchester, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- [William Melton], Archbishop of York
- Robert Baldok (Baldock), chancellor.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1330, and it must date to the period between the parliament at Winchester which assembled on the 11 March which is referred to here, and the date of the issuing of the commission stemming from this petition on 24 July
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition from the archbishop, see SC 8/170/8499
For a petition by the archbishop on a similar matter see SC 8/11/515
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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 9189
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), pp.569-70 (commission upon the petition of the king's bailiffs concerning the archbishop's alleged usurpation of liberties and rights of the king)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.39b (no.41) (further petitions relating to this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060643/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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