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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commons of Yorkshire. King and lords of parliament. [This petition is damaged]The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/199/9928
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This record is about the Commons of Yorkshire. King and lords of parliament. [This petition is damaged]The... dating from [c. 1388] 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 8/199/9928
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1388]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons of Yorkshire.
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged]The commons of Yorkshire state that it was ordained by a statute of the present King that all manner of dams, weirs and kiddles should be removed from the great rivers and not put back, nevertheless some remain in the River Ouse, which are a hindrance to shipping. They ask that the Chancellor might be ordered to grant a commission to inquire into this, and to make execution according to the purport of the statute.
- Nature of endorsement
- The statute is to be kept and put into due execution, and on this the . . . are to have . . . special . . .
- Places mentioned
- Yorkshire
- River Ouse.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to c. 1388 with reference to CPR 1385-9 p.471 is dated 19 April 1388.CPR 1389-92 pp.272-273 is dated 30 May 1390, and CPR 1377-81 p.471 is dated 6 March 1380, but both are at the petition of the commons of the city of York.
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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 Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.471 (similar commission)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.471 (commission to inquire into and remove weirs etc. in the River Ouse)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. IV, 1388-1392, (Public Record Office, 1902), p.272 (similar commission)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295817/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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