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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Community of York. Mayor and council [of York]. The commons request that Rufford...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/213/10637
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This record is about the Community of York. Mayor and council [of York]. The commons request that Rufford... dating from [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 8/213/10637
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of York.
- Addressees
- Mayor and council [of York].
- Nature of request
- The commons request that Rufford should be removed from the office of common clerk forever since when he was retained as common clerk in the time of Langton, he was attainted of many frauds and trespasses and removed from office, and when in the time of Howom he was again retained as common clerk, he again was attainted and removed from office, and when in the time of Acastre he was retained as common clerk for a third time, he again was attainted and removed from office. Also, that 14 men should be chosen by the community to examine and search all the bags with the rolls of the bridge-masters and all other remembrances pertaining to the community from Rufford's time until now, because the bags have been broken into, and some of the remembrances, silver and other things stolen, and because Rufford has undertaken to make settlement for the silver and other misdeeds concerning the bags.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- York.
- People mentioned
- John de Rufford, late common clerk of York
- John de Langton, late mayor of York
- Thomas de Howom, late mayor of York
- John de Acastre, late mayor of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is mentioned in SC 8/213/10636, and must therefore date to before 13 July 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 a related petition see SC 8/212/10596
For the writ to which this was attached, see SC 8/213/10636
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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/C9334194/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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