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Burgesses of Scarborough. King. Complaint of destruction and damage to the town of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/138/6898

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This record is about the Burgesses of Scarborough. King. Complaint of destruction and damage to the town of... dating from [? 1324] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/138/6898
Date
[? 1324]
Description
Petitioners
Burgesses of Scarborough.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Complaint of destruction and damage to the town of Scarborough by ministers of the king.
Nature of endorsement
Herle and Scrope are appointed to inquire into the matter.
Places mentioned
Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
[Henry Percy,] Lord Percy
John Wawayn (Walwayn)
William Herle
Geoffrey le Scrope.
Note
Dated in relation to SC 8/138/6889.
Related material

For another document to which this may originally have been joined see SC 8/138/6889

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209082/

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