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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Adam Coppendale, Thomas de Beverley and other good men of Beverley. Coppendale; de...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/266/13260
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This record is about the Adam Coppendale, Thomas de Beverley and other good men of Beverley. Coppendale; de... dating from [1381] 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 8/266/13260
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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
- Adam Coppendale, Thomas de Beverley and other good men of Beverley.
- Name(s)
- Coppendale; de Beverley, Adam; Thomas
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request remedy, stating that during the recent troubles various rioters took by force the common seal of the town and forced them to make various bonds against their will. They also replaced the usual governance of the town, by 12 men elected annually on St Mark's day, with an alderman and two chamberlains, although there have been no such officials in Beverley for 50 years except Manby and Ryse, who were deposed for their bad governance.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Manby
- Thomas de Ryse.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition clearly forms one of the numerous petitions relating to the events in Beverley in 1381.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document, see SC 8/94/4688
For a long series of related documents from SC 8/225/11201-11242, and 11247, see
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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)
- The Beverley Town Riots, 1381-2, C.T. Flower, (Transactions of the Royal Historical Soc, 1905), pp.91-9 (full editions of related petitions)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517207/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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