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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Writ of Richard II ordering the mayor and bailiffs of York...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/213/10636
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Writ of Richard II ordering the mayor and bailiffs of York... dating from 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 8/213/10636
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1380
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Writ of Richard II ordering the mayor and bailiffs of York to send to the Chancery the record and process had before them in the King's court of York, of the bill by Howom and Sevenhous against Rufford.
- Nature of endorsement
- Response of Gisburn, Talkan, Warde and Alne to this writ: they were present at York on 4 August 1380 and answered that they cannot send the record and process to the Chancery because no bill was brought before them in the King's court at York by Howom and Sevenhous against Rufford, but there was a petition concerning Rufford delivered to Gisburn by Sevenhous at the request of the commons of York, the tenor of which is in a schedule attached to this writ.
- Places mentioned
- York
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Richard II, King of England
- Thomas de Howom
- John de Sevenhous, junior
- John Rufford
- [John de] Scarle
- John de Gysburn (Gisburn), mayor of York
- Robert de Talkan, baillif of York
- Robert Warde, bailiff of York
- Richard de Alne, bailiff of York
- Mayor and bailiffs of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated internally to 13 July in the fourth year of the Richard II's reign (1380).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related writ and petition see no. 8 of C 260/92
For the petition to the mayor of York mentioned in the response, see SC 8/213/10637
For a related petition see SC 8/212/10596
For a related writ see SC 8/212/10595
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9334193/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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