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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of the town of Scarborough. King and council. The commonalty request a...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8426
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This record is about the Commonalty of the town of Scarborough. King and council. The commonalty request a... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/169/8426
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of the town of Scarborough.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commonalty request a writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that if they find by the rolls of accounts of the king's chamber that the king's was fully satisfied in his chamber for the farm in the year that the king seized the vill of Scarborough and the manor of Falsgrave into his hand that an allowance be made without further delay. They have requested allowance in parliament, but this has not been allowed in the Exchequer.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered by writ containing the effect of the petition to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they view the writ mentioned in the petition and that they make allowance according to the tenure of the writ, and if the cause is reasonable, and if there is a reason that it ought not to be done they should certify the king on this.
- Places mentioned
- Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Falsgrave, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- John de Rouleston.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1327 in accordance with the suggested dating given in the guard note. The petition is clearly early in Edward III's reign referring back to events in 5 Edw. II. The date also fits well with related petitions by the same petitioners that date from 1324-1331.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition by the same petitioners on the same matter, see SC 8/71/3514
For a related petition, see SC 8/138/6892
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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/C9294273/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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