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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Gervais. Gervais John [Not specified] Gervais requests remedy because the said...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/264/13178A
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/264/13178A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1381]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Gervais.
- Name(s)
- Gervais, John
- Addressees
- [Not specified]
- Nature of request
- Gervais requests remedy because the said trouble-makers came on the Monday after the Ascension and took wine from the tavern and spices from the shop and stayed in his other buildings which were not sealed until he made them an obligation for 100 marks under duress and against his will, and they assessed Middleton and his chamberlains, of which the petitioner is one, to pay £20, and because he would not pay the £20 again, they sealed up the buildings to the number of 400.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- [Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- Richard de Middelton (Middleton), alderman [of Beverley].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1381, since this is the date of the parliament to which this petition probably belongs (Rot. Parl. Vol. III, p. 393a).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition formerly kept with this see SC 8/264/13178B
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.393a (no.11) (order of Richard II to alderman and chamberlains of Beverley re their petition about disturbers of the peace naming Gervais as a probus hominus of the town)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517124/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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