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William Melton, archbishop of York. Melton William King and council. archbishop of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/153/7610
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/153/7610
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Melton, archbishop of York.
- Name(s)
- Melton, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- archbishop of York
- Nature of request
- Melton requests remedy as although he and his predecessors have had cognizance of pleas made by parties in the Bench and elsewhere concerning land or trespass in the liberties of Beverley and Ripon, he has been denied it in the suit between Hoton and the Hubbards concerning land in Ripon because of the procedure concerning original writs in the liberty.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the justices of the Bench to do justice to the archbishop as ought to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Ripon, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- John [de Hoton], son of Isolde de Hoton
- Nicholas Hubard (Hubbard)
- Alice [Hubard (Hubbard)], wife of Nicholas Hubbard.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated on the guard to c. 1322. The petition is answered in French which suggests a date of 1322 or thereafter when such responses predominate. Archbishop Melton was consecrated in 1317 and died in 1340. It is not clear why the guard date has been selected. The petition may be contemporary with SC 8/153/7612.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.44 of PRO 31/7/102
For a probably contemporary document by the same petitioner see SC 8/153/7612
For another petition by the same petitioner on the same matter, see SC 8/153/7620
For a related petition, see SC 8/46/2272
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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/C9209798/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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