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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Kingston upon Hull. King and council. The burgesses request that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/171/8535
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This record is about the Burgesses of Kingston upon Hull. King and council. The burgesses request that they... 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 8/171/8535
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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
- Burgesses of Kingston upon Hull.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses request that they can be discharged from the making of one barge, or if this cannot be done that the towns of Beverley, Barton, Howden and Grimsby that are not charged concerning the navy aid them and contribute to the making as they are not able to endure the charges on their navy and other tallages.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have the town of Beverley contribute towards them.
- Places mentioned
- Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Barton-upon-Humber, [Lincolnshire]
- Howden, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Grimsby, [Lincolnshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1377 as the orders and exemptions surrounding the construction of the barge date to 1377 to 1378 (CCR 1377-81, pp.33, 51; CPR 1377-81, p.77).
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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. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), pp.33, 51 (orders to the burgesses of Hull and Beverley to construct a barge)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.77 (exemption to the burgesses of Beverley from contributing to the construction of the barge that they were obliged to do)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294400/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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