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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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Mayor, Bailiffs and Commons of Kingston upon Hull. King and Lords of Parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/119/5918
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This record is about the Mayor, Bailiffs and Commons of Kingston upon Hull. King and Lords of Parliament.... dating from [? c. 1377] 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 8/119/5918
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, Bailiffs and Commons of Kingston upon Hull.
- Addressees
- King and Lords of Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The people of Hull ask that they be excused from the excessive sums which the Archbishop of York is charging them, through his ministers, for proving wills. They claim that they have paid more for this during the king's reign than they have paid the king for his fee farm, customs and subsidies.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- York.
- People mentioned
- Archbishop of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The Parliament of October 1377 was asked to declare how much should be charged for proving wills, and it seems likely that this petition dates from that time.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.34 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 4628
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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. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.25b (no.109) (declaration concerning charges for proving wills)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150601/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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