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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 8/87/4306
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This record is about the Burgesses of Ravenser Odd. King and council. The burgesses of Ravenser Odd state... dating from [1320] 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 8/87/4306
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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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 King Edward, the king's father granted them various franchises, which the present King has confirmed, including that they should not plead or be impleaded concerning their own tenures, or trespasses or contracts made within the borough, other than in the borough before their warden, but the justices of Common Bench and other courts refuse to allow them this franchise because they cannot show that it has been used before - as no relevant case has come up since their charter was granted. They request a writ to the justices of each court to allow them their franchise according to the purport of their grant.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.They are to go to Chancery and show their charters there, and they are to have a remedy there.
- Places mentioned
- Ravenser Odd, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Edward [I], King of England
- [Adam de] Lymbergh.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A brief Latin summary of the petition is enrolled on the roll of the Michaelmas parliament of 1320 (Rot. Parl. vol. I, p.383a (no.110)).
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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 7006
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.383a (no.110) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148848/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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