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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bailiffs of Scarborough. King. The bailiffs and burgesses of Scarborough ask the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/186/9260
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/186/9260
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1414]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bailiffs of Scarborough.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The bailiffs and burgesses of Scarborough ask the King to ratify and confirm, with clause of licet, their franchises and liberties, granted by his progenitors and confirmed by King Henry, his father, and especially the clause that no sheriff, bailiff or other minister of the King should interfere in any summons, attachments, distraints or other such thing in the borough. And to better fulfil that clause, they ask that they might have full power of correction, punishment and oyer and terminer, by their bailiffs, in all cases that could come before the Keepers of the Peace and justices of felonies, trespasses and other misdeeds in the North Riding of Yorkshire, or before justices of labourers, servants, and craftsmen in the North Riding. They also ask that they might have the fines, issues and amercements arising from such cases, in aid of the repair of their quay.
- Places mentioned
- Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- North Riding of Yorkshire.
- People mentioned
- Henry [IV], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested confirmation, with further additions, was granted on 14 December 1414.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/86/4258
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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)
- Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. V, 15 Edw III - 5 Hen V, 1341-1417, (Public Record Office, 1916), p.473 (requested confirmation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295138/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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