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Richard Fourneys, Keeper of the River Foss in York Fourneys Richard King's council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/47/2332
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/47/2332
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1403
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Fourneys, Keeper of the River Foss in York
- Name(s)
- Fourneys, Richard
- Addressees
- King's council
- Occupation
- Keeper of the River Foss in York
- Nature of request
- Richard Fourneys, Keeper of the River Foss in York, which belongs to the king as of right of his crown, states that, to protect the river and the fish in it, all those who had lands or tenements within the franchise of the city which abutted on the Foss have always had to take certain measures to keep the rubbish from their houses from getting into the water, but that lately, in the time of King Richard, these measures have completely broken down. He requests suitable commandments under the king's great seal, addressed to the Mayor and Sheriffs of the city, ordering them to correct these faults swiftly, on pain of a heavy penalty to be decided by the council, and also a suitable penalty, again to be decided by the council, for those within the precinct of the city who do not obey these commands.
- Nature of endorsement
- On the fifth day of June in the fourth year etc., present in the council my lords the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Chancellor, the Treasurer, the Bishop of Rochester, the Keeper of the Privy Seal, the Lords Roos, Wilughby and Louvel, and my lords T. Erpyngham, J. Cheyne, and A. Savage, it was agreed and assented that a writ under the great seal should be sent to the Mayor and Sheriffs of the city of York, setting out the claim made here, and that, on pain of £300, they are to make such an ordinance, between now and Michaelmas next, that the faults specified within might be corrected and redressed. And if anyone should wish to disobey or contravene such an ordinance, the aforesaid Mayor and Sheriffs are to inform the council of the names of such disobedient people, so that such punishment can be given to them as seems best to the council, according to their advice and discretion.
- Places mentioned
- River Foss, [Yorkshire]
- Everwyk (York)
- People mentioned
- Richard [II], King of England
- [Thomas Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury
- [Henry Beaufort], Chancellor of England
- [Guy Mone], Treasurer of England
- [John Bottlesham], Bishop of Rochester
- [Thomas Langley], Keeper of the Privy Seal
- [William de Ros], Lord Roos (Ros)
- [William de Willoughby], Lord Willoughby
- [John Lovel], Lord Lovel
- Thomas Erpyngham
- John Cheyne
- Arnold Savage
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement is dated 5 June in the fourth year of the king's reign, and from the reference to King Richard, that king must be Henry IV, so the petition is securely datable to 1403. CCR 1402-5 pp.84-85 is also dated at Westminster, 5 June 1403. It was clearly not successful in stopping the problem: CCR 1405-9 p.297 is dated at Gloucester, 5 November 1407.
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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 3372
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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, Hen IV, vol. II, 1402-1405, (Public Record Office, 1929), pp.84-85 (writ to Mayor and Sheriffs of York to correct the faults mentioned in the petition)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1409, (Public Record Office, 1931), p.297 (order to the Mayor and Sheriffs of York to issue a proclamation forbidding people from putting rubbish into the River Foss)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062543/
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