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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses and commonalty of Scarborough. King. 1) The petitioners request that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/71/3516
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This record is about the Burgesses and commonalty of Scarborough. King. 1) The petitioners request that they... dating from [1307] 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 8/71/3516
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses and commonalty of Scarborough.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- 1) The petitioners request that they be granted quayage for a further seven years in aid of the town and all the country around.2) The burgesses request remedy as the bailiffs of Percy have seized their horses, carts and other beasts and will not give delivery of them if they will not quit Percy's villeins of the manor of Seamer of tolls for things they sell in the town when they have been seised of the tolls from time out of memory.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- They should have quayage for seven years according to the form of the grant in Chancery and the auditor of the account is to be Kirkeby.2) Concerning the second petition they should come into Chancery and they should have a writ.
- Places mentioned
- Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Semere (Seamer), [North Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry Percy
- John de Kirkeby.
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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 7224
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.503 (grant of quayage for seven years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107290/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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