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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the commonalty of Beverley. King. The people of the commonalty request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/242/12057
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This record is about the People of the commonalty of Beverley. King. The people of the commonalty request... dating from [1335] 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 8/242/12057
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the commonalty of Beverley.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people of the commonalty request that by writs to the archbishop of York that he command the delivery of Clayton, slave of St John, and he re-enjoy the liberty there and to reside there peacefully. Clayton took sanctuary in the liberty of St John at Beverley for the death of Elmesale until the slaves of the liberty by the king's commandment went to Berwick and the war until they were pardoned. Clayton was attacked by his enemies and is imprisoned in York.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Doncaster, [West Riding of Yorkshire]
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
- York.
- People mentioned
- John de Clayton of Doncaster
- William de Elmesale of Doncaster
- [William Melton], Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1335 as the privy seal warrant with which it was formerly enclosed dates to 2 January 1335 [8 Edw. III] (C 81/219/8380).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the privy seal warrant with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see no.8380 in C 81/219
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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/C9439660/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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