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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Simon de Elvyngton (Elvington). de Elvyngton (Elvington) Simon Council in parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/110/5473
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This record is about the Simon de Elvyngton (Elvington). de Elvyngton (Elvington) Simon Council in parliament.... dating from [1390-1391] 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 8/110/5473
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1390-1391]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simon de Elvyngton (Elvington).
- Name(s)
- de Elvyngton (Elvington), Simon
- Addressees
- Council in parliament.
- Nature of request
- Elvyngton, for himself and the people of Yorkshire, complains that Melton, now sheriff of Yorkshire, has been instructed to put out of office the under-sheriff and other shrieval officials because of trespasses and other suits that Elvyngton and others have against them, but has not done so; and claims that this is in contradiction of the statute of annual replacement of sheriffs of the forty-second year of Edward III [1368].
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- Yorkshire.
- People mentioned
- William de Melton, sheriff of Yorkshire
- the common people of Yorkshire.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Firmly datable by reference to the shrievalty of William de Melton.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petitioner from the same petitioners see SC 8/110/5478
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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 3291
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150138/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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