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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Hedon in Holderness. King and council. The burgesses of Hedon in Holderness...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/239/11912
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This record is about the Burgesses of Hedon in Holderness. King and council. The burgesses of Hedon in Holderness... dating from [1348] 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 8/239/11912
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1348]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Hedon in Holderness.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Hedon in Holderness state that the King has granted them all manner of franchises and customs in general terms as the burgesses of York and Lincoln enjoy by their charters; but because these franchises are not specified, the profits that they should have from these franchises and customs are taken from them in many respects, and many of the burgesses impoverished. They ask that their franchises and customs might be renewed by charter in specific terms, as in the charters of York and Lincoln, in the following terms.The form of charter that they want then follows.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Hedon, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Holderness, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- York
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
- Burstwick, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- River Humber
- Paull Fleet, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Formerly enclosed with no.58 of C 81/1337, which is dated 26 February 22 Edward III (1348).CChR 1341-1417 p.87-8 is dated 16 April 1346.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a mandate to the Chancellor to order the Escheator of Holderness to inquire into what damage this would be to the King, see no.58 of C 81/1337
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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 and 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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. V, 15 Edw III - 5 Hen V, 1341-1417, (Public Record Office, 1916), pp.87-8 (clarification of the franchises of the burgesses of Hedon)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335476/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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