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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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Burgesses of Scarborough. King and council. [The petition is badly damaged with substantial...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8574
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This record is about the Burgesses of Scarborough. King and council. [The petition is badly damaged with substantial... dating from [c. 1310-c. 1335] 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 8/172/8574
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1310-c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Scarborough.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged with substantial sections either missing or illegible. It appears to have formed a complaint against the actions of the keepers of measures, presumably in Yorkshire].
- Nature of endorsement
- [The response has been rendered illegible as a consequence of repairs to the petition].
- Places mentioned
- Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- John [...]
- Geoffrey [...].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1310-c. 1335 on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9294439/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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