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? Burgesses of Beverley. Council. [Petition in 6 parts].1) It is requested that all...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4688
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This record is about the ? Burgesses of Beverley. Council. [Petition in 6 parts].1) It is requested that all... dating from [1381] 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 8/94/4688
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1381]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? Burgesses of Beverley.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 6 parts].1) It is requested that all manner of obligations, submissions and condemnations made forcibly in the time of the last uprising at Beverley, and that restitution is made of all sums taken because of it.2) No lands, tenements, rents or services be charged for such obligations.3) All manner of offices made in this time be deposed.4) All neifs of burgesses are able to return safely without any manner of prosecution of rebels.5) That a commission granted to the rebels to acquit them of their evils and to prosecute those who were not culpable be repealed, and that any further commission should be made by foreign people.6) Many burgesses who have pursued writs and protections of the king, have sworn oaths not to pursue writs, protection or complaint made of them that are to the disadvantage of the king, and of those that have pursued and have made fine for the said pursuit those persons with other . . . of the town . . .
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document, see SC 8/94/4700
For transcript, see no.13 of PRO 31/7/107
For a long series of related documents from SC 8/225/11201-11242, and 11247, see
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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 829
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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)
- The Beverley Town Riots, 1381-2, C.T. Flower, (Transactions of the Royal Historical Soc, 1905), pp.84-5 (discussion of this petition and others)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149239/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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