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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Kingston upon Hull. King and council. The burgesses requests letters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E940
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This record is about the Burgesses of Kingston upon Hull. King and council. The burgesses requests letters... dating from [c. 1305-c. 1330] 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 8/329/E940
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1305-c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Kingston upon Hull.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses requests letters patent to distrain those who have land and rent in the town but live in London, York, Lincoln, Beverley and elsewhere who do not contribute to taxes, aids, tallages and other charges for the reason that they are enfranchised by other towns as they hold a third of the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should distrain them to make contribution until etc.
- Places mentioned
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
- London
- York
- Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
- Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1305-c. 1330 on the basis of 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/C9682935/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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