People of the vill of Frismarsh. King and council The people show that by diverse...

Petitioners

People of the vill of Frismarsh.

Addressees

King and council

Nature of request

The people show that by diverse inundations and damage wrought by the river Humber reaching to the vill, and happening daily they are so impoverished that they cannot maintain the defences and pay their taxes. It was ordained with the assent of parliament, 18 Edward III, that the mischiefs should be enquired of, and the inquest returned into Chancery, by which inquest it was found that this had happened. The people request that they have letters patent that they are taxed according to the new assessment.

Nature of endorsement

They are to have a writ when they need to on the process which is done.

Places mentioned

Frismarsh, [East Riding of Yorkshire]

River Humber.

For the writ referred to in this petition see SC 8/13/629

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1343-1346, (Public Record Office, 1904), pp.440-1 (writ ordering the taxers and collectors to assess the vill) & p.616 (writ ordering the discharge of the taxers and assessors and the people of Frismarsh from the old assessment)
• Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.1914 (commission for an inquest concerning the damages suffered by the vill)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VI, 1343-1345, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.406 commission for an inquest concerning the damages suffered by the vill)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.187a (no.48) (full edition of a later copy 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), parliament of January-February 1348, appendix, no. 50 (summary of petition and references)