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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
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Mayor and commonalty of York. King. The mayor and commonalty request that the king...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/233/11645
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/233/11645
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and commonalty of York.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The mayor and commonalty request that the king ordain that the dean of York will cease his disturbance of the collection of the levy on rents for the repair of the walls and ditches, as the dean has threatened the constables of the wards with excommunication.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- York.
- People mentioned
- Robert de Pykering (Pickering), dean of York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1320 as the dean was commanded to permit the constables of the wards to levy the tallage on 1 January 1321 (CCR 1318-23, p.350).
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1318-1323, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.350 (order to the dean to permit the levying of the tallage)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335204/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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