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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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People and tenants of Kingston upon Hull. King and council. The people and tenants...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/157/7839
What’s it about?
This record is about the People and tenants of Kingston upon Hull. King and council. The people and tenants... dating from [1299] 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 8/157/7839
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1299]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People and tenants of Kingston upon Hull.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The people and tenants request that they be granted that there town be made a free borough with all the liberties pertaining to such a borough.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should have it for 100 marks.
- Places mentioned
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1299 as such a charter was granted to the town on 1 April 1299 (CChR 1257-1300, p.476).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a similar and contemporary petition for Ravensor Odd, see SC 8/157/7823
For a related document to which this petition was formerly attached to, see SC 8/156/7763
For a related petition from a neighbouring town, see SC 8/173/8641
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. II, Hen III and Edw I, 1257-1300, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.475 (grant that the town should be a free borough)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210031/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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