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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Community of Yorkshire. The commmunity of Yorkshire state that in the Eyre of John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/199/9950
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This record is about the Community of Yorkshire. The commmunity of Yorkshire state that in the Eyre of John... dating from [? 1300-? 1307] 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 8/199/9950
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1300-? 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Yorkshire.
- Nature of request
- The commmunity of Yorkshire state that in the Eyre of John de Vaus in Yorkshire they had recovered their seisin of rights to common fishery in the River Ouse between York and Boroughbridge against Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, but that execution of this judgment has been delayed until now at the Earl's suit. They ask that it might be put into execution.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] This is another petition for . . . to which the King will answer.[On dorse] The Treasurer and Chamberlains of the Exchequer are to be written to by writ of Chancery to search the rolls of the eyre mentioned in the petition, both for the said community of Yorkshire and for the whole state (civitas); and it is to be brought before the King's council at York and examined if it was rightly done or not; and if not, other things are to be done. And if the inquisition taken in the Eyre is not found, it is to be done again. And afterwards they are to go to the Treasurer and council at York and given satisfaction.
- Places mentioned
- Yorkshire
- River Ouse
- York
- Boroughbridge, [West Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Vaus
- Edmund [of Almaine], Earl of Cornwall.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated to after 1300 with reference to the late Edmund, Earl of Cornwall.
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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/C9295839/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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