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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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Mayor and people of the city of York. King and council. The mayor and people request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/170/8457
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This record is about the Mayor and people of the city of York. King and council. The mayor and people request... dating from [c. 1377] 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 8/170/8457
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and people of the city of York.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The mayor and people request that Wykford be put to answer to them in the Bench or Exchequer for the wrong that he did them notwithstanding that it was done of the realm. They came upon an enemy ship charged with grain on the way to La Rochelle and took it to Bordeaux where Wykford came and took some of the grain from them and sold it and held and still holds their goods as many merchants and mariners in Bordeaux can attest.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this bill be sent into the Exchequer and let the archbishop and others be called . . . [remainder largely illegible].
- Places mentioned
- York
- Lauderge (Audenge), [Guyenne, France]
- La Rochelle, [Saintonge, France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- Robert de Wykford (Wikeford), then constable of Bordeaux and now archbishop of Dublin.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The guard note suggests a date range of 1376-1391, based on Wikeford's pontificate (1376-1390), but also notes that the petition refers to events in 48 Edw. III and suggests that the date may be c. 1377 seq. It seems likely that the petition does date to c. 1377.
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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/C9294305/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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