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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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Mayor, bailiffs and burgesses of Kingston upon Hull. Council. [The right end of this...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/217/10837
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This record is about the Mayor, bailiffs and burgesses of Kingston upon Hull. Council. [The right end of this... dating from [1402] 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 8/217/10837
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, bailiffs and burgesses of Kingston upon Hull.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- [The right end of this petition is damaged and incomplete.]The petitioners request that the council summon Usflete before them to explain why he cut down a hanged thief from the gallows before the period specified in their judgment, to the prejudice of their franchises and liberties.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 8 July in the third year it was agreed in the council, being present the Chancellor, Treasurer, the Bishop of Rochester, the keeper of the Privy Seal, J Scarle, Thomas Rempston, J. Prophete, John Doreward and John Frome, that Usflete be summoned to appear before them at the quindene of Michaelmas next to answer this matter, under pain of £100.
- Places mentioned
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Henry Scotre of Beverley, barker
- William [...]
- Gerard Usflete, knight
- [Edmund Stafford], Chancellor
- [Henry Bowet], Treasurer
- [John Bottlesham], Bishop of Rochester
- [Thomas Langley], Keeper of the Privy Seal
- John Scarle
- Thomas Rempston
- John Prophet
- John Doreward
- John Frome.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement is dated 8 July in the king's third year, and a note on the guard identifies this as Henry IV (1402), evident from the composition of the council.
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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/C9334394/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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