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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. King and council. The burgesses of Ravenser Odd state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/68/3380
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This record is about the Burgesses of Ravenser Odd. King and council. The burgesses of Ravenser Odd state... dating from [c. 1312-c. 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 8/68/3380
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1312-c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Ravenser Odd.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Ravenser Odd state that their town is located on a sandbank between the sea and the Humber, and that their harbour is silting up through lack of custody of the quayage, which has long been in various hands, so that merchants cannot enter the harbour with their goods, and the king is losing his customs and rent. They ask that the quayage might be granted to them and their successors, for the improvement of the harbour and the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.
- Places mentioned
- Ravenser Odd, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- River Humber.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable either to c. 1312 on the basis of CPR 1307-13 pp.437 (dated 6 March 1312) and 441 (dated 15 March 1312); or possibly to 1327 or 1330, with reference to CPR 1327-30 pp.58 (dated 15 March 1327) and 502 (dated 21 March 1330).
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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 6952
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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 II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.437 (grant of quayage to the bailiffs and good men of of Ravenser Odd for seven years) & 441 (acquittance to them of £50 paid for a fine made for confirmation of their charters and for this quayage)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), pp.58 (grant of quayage to the bailiffs and good men of Ravenser Odd for three years) & 502 (another grant of quayage for three years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107151/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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