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Geoffrey de Burton, Prior of Bridlington. de Burton Geoffrey King and council. Prior...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/265/13217

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Reference
SC 8/265/13217
Date
[1305]
Description
Petitioners
Geoffrey de Burton, Prior of Bridlington.
Name(s)
de Burton, Geoffrey
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Prior of Bridlington
Nature of request
The prior of Bridlington requests that whereas there used to be a road beside the sea from Bridlington to Kingston upon Hull, by which road the prior and his men and other men of the country used to travel from Bridlington to the King's market at Hull, the town of Hedon, and all other towns of Holderness where there are markets, which road has been destroyed by the influx of the sea, and those who have their lands there adjoining the sea are unwilling to permit the prior and his men or anyone else of the country to pass over their lands beside the sea as they used to do, that a new road be made for them.
Nature of endorsement
[Latin] Lisle, Threekingham and Oysel are to be assigned to hear and determine etc. or two of them etc. and if the road is not sufficient they should create another road to the least harm of the men of those parts, so that the King will satisfy those whose lands are assigned for that road for the value of the said lands.
Places mentioned
Bridlington, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Hedon, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Holderness, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
John de Insula (Lisle)
Lambert de Trikingham (Threekingham)
Richard Oysel.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1305, with reference to Memoranda de Parliamento, pp. 32-3, no.29.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), pp.32-3 (no.49) (edition of petition)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 12, appendix no.29 (edition and translation of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517164/

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