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Burgesses of Grimsby. [Not specified] The burgesses of Grimsby make six requests:1)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/339/15961

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This record is about the Burgesses of Grimsby. [Not specified] The burgesses of Grimsby make six requests:1)... dating from [1268-1290] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/339/15961
Date
[1268-1290]
Description
Petitioners
Burgesses of Grimsby.
Addressees
[Not specified]
Nature of request
The burgesses of Grimsby make six requests:1) They request return of the king's writs in the shire of Lincoln as they had during the time of the sheriff's predecessors.2) They ask that twenty men of the city of Lincoln might be summoned by writ before the justices of the Bench to show why they are taking toll and other undue exactions from the burgesses of Grimsby within the city of Lincoln.3) They request a writ for the burgesses of Nottingham for a similar matter.4) They request a similar writ for Dervorguilla de Bailolo, whose bailiffs are taking toll from the burgesses of Grimsby in the vill of Torksey.5) They ask that twenty men of Ravenser Odd might be summoned by writ before the justices of the Bench to show why they are preventing merchants from overseas and others from coming with their ships to Grimsby, contrary to the king's prohibition.6) They also state that the burgesses of Newcastle are taking unjust exactions from burgesses of Grimsby coming there with their ships.
Nature of endorsement
They are to have a return as is customary until the next parliament.They are to have a writ for their petition against the men of Lincoln and Nottingham in Chancery, and justice is to be done to them.To all the other petitions they are to have writs in Chancery.
Places mentioned
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire]
Torksey, [Lincolnshire]
Ravenser Odd, [East Riding of Yorkshire]
Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
People mentioned
Burgesses of Lincoln
burgesses of Nottingham
Dervorguilla (Devorguilla) de Bailolo (Balliol)
people of Ravenser Odd
burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Note
Datable by mention of Dervorguilla de Balliol to the period between the death of her husband in 1268 and her death in 1290.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736442/

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