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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Geoffrey de Bentele (Bentley); John le Red; William de Ake; William Abel; Robert...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/271/13531
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This record is about the Geoffrey de Bentele (Bentley); John le Red; William de Ake; William Abel; Robert... dating from [c. 1320-c. 1345] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/271/13531
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320-c. 1345]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Geoffrey de Bentele (Bentley); John le Red; William de Ake; William Abel; Robert de Cave; John atte Kyrk (Kirk); John de Hothom (Hotham); William de la Wodhall (Woodhall); Jakes Jordan; Adam de Thorntonhous; John Frankeys of Sigglesthorne; Poor people of Yorkshire.
- Name(s)
- de Bentele (Bentley); Red; de Ake; Abel; de Cave; Kyrk (Kirk); de Hothom (Hotham); Wodhall (Woodhall); Jordan; de Thorntonhous; Frankeys, Geoffrey; John; William; William; Robert; John; John; William; Jakes; Adam; John
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Bentele and the other poor people of Yorkshire request that they be pardoned in the same manner as Shirbourn as they and Shirbourn and others were put on inquisition but each has been returned at £11 when they do not have sufficient lands by which they ought to be put on juries or assizes, and they are so impoverished by tallages and charges.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]These are the names of the poor people of Holderness, besides others previously delivered to you, to whom the king has pardoned their issues, to whom you are to issue letters as is fitting.[On dorse:]Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Places mentioned
- Yorkshire
- Sigglethorne, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- Holderness, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- People mentioned
- John de Shirbourn
- Thomas [Salvayn (Salveyn)], son of Gerard de Salvayn.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1320-c. 1345 based on the hand.
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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/C9517478/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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