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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
Item
Burgesses of Scarborough. King and council. Request for relief from the many charges...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/140/6956
What’s it about?
This record is about the Burgesses of Scarborough. King and council. Request for relief from the many charges... dating from [c. 1340-c. 1380] 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 8/140/6956
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1340-c. 1380]
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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
- Request for relief from the many charges made on the town for its fee farm, taxes, assistance against the king's enemies of France and Scotland, etc.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None.]
- Places mentioned
- Scarborough, [North Riding of Yorkshire]
- France
- Scotland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Notes on the guard associated this petition with various printed documents of c. 1380, but the hand and the general nature of the request make it quite possible that the petition dates from rather earlier, and is given a wider possible date range here.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/71/3522
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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/C9295923/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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