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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Archbishop of York. King and council. Archbishop of York [Petition in 5 parts: the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/158/7898
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This record is about the Archbishop of York. King and council. Archbishop of York [Petition in 5 parts: the... dating from [c. 1322-c. 1340] 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 8/158/7898
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322-c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Archbishop of York.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Archbishop of York
- Nature of request
- [Petition in 5 parts: the petitions are badly faded and damaged, and parts are illegible].1) The archbishop request compensation as he is barred from his homages in Holderness and the manor of . . . by the king's purchase of Holderness.2) [Too badly damaged to gain sense].3) The archbishop requests remedy concerning the taking of prises of wine in his port of Hull as he has been ousted by the king's butler.4) [A request concerning a quo warranto but the sense is lost because of the poor condition of the petition].5) [Petition of which the sense is lost by extensive damage to the petition, though again concerning the king's butler].
- Nature of endorsement
- [Three visible responses but rendered illegible by repairs].
- Places mentioned
- Holderness, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Patrington, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- York.
- People mentioned
- Count of Aumale.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has been dated to c. 1322-1340 on the basis in part of the duration of William de Melton's pontificate which ended in 1340, and in part on a related petition by the same petitioner dating to c. 1322 (SC 8/153/7612).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition in part on the same matter by the same petitioner, see SC 8/153/7612
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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/C9210090/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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