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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the town of Beverley. Council. [The petition is badly stained and difficult...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/94/4700
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This record is about the People of the town of Beverley. Council. [The petition is badly stained and difficult... 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 8/94/4700
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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
- People of the town of Beverley.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly stained and difficult to follow].The petitioners request remedy as the rebels have caused raised the commons against the wealthy of the town and assaulted the houses of the great of the town, and taken ransoms. In addition they have taken the common seal and sealed obligations in great sums, and imprisoned Buddely who had sued a bill against them though he was under the king's protection.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard de Boston
- Richard de Middelton (Middleton)
- Richard de Caldewell
- Henry de Newark
- Thomas Whiter, telar
- John Williamson, butcher
- William de Bury, skinner
- John de Lekenfeld (Leconfield), barker
- Geoffrey Bredon
- William Dudhill
- John Gervays
- Adam Croppendale
- Paul de Buddely.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1381, as the petition clearly refers to the action of rebels.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document, see SC 8/94/4688
For a long series of related documents from SC 8/225/11201-11242, and 11247, see
For transcript, see no.22 of PRO 31/7/108
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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 846
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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.94-5 (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149251/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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