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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
Item
Mayor, bailiffs and burgesses of Kingston upon Hull. King and Lords. The people of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/119/5922
What’s it about?
This record is about the Mayor, bailiffs and burgesses of Kingston upon Hull. King and Lords. The people of... dating from [? 1391-? 1392] 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 8/119/5922
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1391-? 1392]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, bailiffs and burgesses of Kingston upon Hull.
- Addressees
- King and Lords.
- Nature of request
- The people of Hull claim that although all rights to forfeitures and deodands in the port of Hull belong to the King, the Archbishop of York has been claiming them for himself. They therefore request confirmation of the King's rights in the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Archbishop of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? 1391-2, but no evidence cited. The handwriting would support a date around this time.
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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 4632
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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/C9150605/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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