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Burgesses of Scarborough. King and lords of parliament. Request that Lovel, Galon,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/139/6949

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This record is about the Burgesses of Scarborough. King and lords of parliament. Request that Lovel, Galon,... dating from [c. 1381-c. 1382] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/139/6949
Date
[c. 1381-c. 1382]
Description
Petitioners
Burgesses of Scarborough.
Addressees
King and lords of parliament.
Nature of request
Request that Lovel, Galon, Hunter, Borun, Marche, Symson and Cant be punished for their involvement in the late insurrection in Scarborough, but that all those falsely indicted before the earl of Northumberland be pardoned.
Nature of endorsement
[None.]
Places mentioned
Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
John Lovel
Robert Galon
Robert Hunter
John Broun (Brown)
William Marche
Thomas Symson
John Cant
[Henry Percy,] Earl of Northumberland.
Note
This petition dates from the immediate aftermath of the rising of 1381 in Scarborough, and is associated on the guard note with the instructions and commissions of 1382 found in CCR 138-15, p. 209 and CPR 1381-5, p. 249.
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/C9209133/

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