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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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Simple burgesses of Kingston upon Hull. King and Council. The burgesses of Hull ask...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/119/5902
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This record is about the Simple burgesses of Kingston upon Hull. King and Council. The burgesses of Hull ask... dating from [? 1372] 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 8/119/5902
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1372]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Simple burgesses of Kingston upon Hull.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Hull ask to be discharged from the burden of building of a ship, ordered by the king, due to the great poverty of their town and the detention of their ships in the king's service.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram Rege.
- Places mentioned
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1372, on the basis of the entry in CPR 1370-4, p.219, relating to the building of such a ship. However, there is nothing substantial to link the two, although the handwriting of the petition would seem of the right date.
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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 4572
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. XV, 1370-1374, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.219 (appointment of commissioners to take carpenters to Hull to build a barge to resist the king's enemies of France)
- Notices Relative to the Early History of the Town and Port of Hull, C. Frost, (, 1827), p.133n (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150583/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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