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Greater burgesses of Beverley. King and Council. The petitioners state that rioters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8356
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/168/8356
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1381]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Greater burgesses of Beverley.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that rioters and trouble-makers have taken control of the town government of Beverley, removed the common seal from the keepers and instituted new officials, contrary to the king's lordship. They state that these people forced them to enter certain bonds against their will, and since they dare not approach the town for fear of death, they fear they will have payment from them by default under mercantile law. They therefore request that the king order the town ministers not to execute any such bonds made since Pentecost last until the matter can be discussed by the council.
- Nature of endorsement
- Adam de Coppendale, John de Ake, draper, John Gerveys, William de Dodall and Paul de Butby of Beverley send this bill to the council for themselves and others of the said town.It is agreed by the council that they shall have a [writ of] supersedeas until [the next] parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Adam de Coppendale
- John de Ake, draper
- John Gerveys (Gervays)
- William de Dodall (Dudhill)
- Paul de Butby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition clearly relates to the upheavals in the civic government of Beverley in 1381 (Victoria County History: East Riding of Yorkshire, vol. VI, pp.22-3). A writ of supersedeas relating to these bonds was issued on 26 September 1381, seemingly in response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document, see SC 8/94/4688
For a long series of related documents from SC 8/225/11201-11242, and 11247, see
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), p.38 (calendar of related summons) & p.87 (requested writ of supersedeas)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.393 (edition of related summons)
- The Beverley Town Riots, 1381-2, C.T. Flower, (Transactions of the Royal Historical Soc, 1905), p.93 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294201/
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