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People of Beverley. [Missing] [This petition is fragmentary] . . . people of the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/339/15971

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This record is about the People of Beverley. [Missing] [This petition is fragmentary] . . . people of the... dating from [? c. 1350-? c. 1380] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/339/15971
Date
[? c. 1350-? c. 1380]
Description
Petitioners
People of Beverley.
Addressees
[Missing]
Nature of request
[This petition is fragmentary] . . . people of the vill of Beverley that whereas . . . chosen the day of St Mark for the following year . . . the which twelve were expelled by Richard . . . from themselves and alderman and two . . . £400, some more, some less, for fear . . . some taken and imprisoned and some . . . said trouble makers (barrators) wish to levy from their lands and . . . of the said . . . the people of the said vill will have . . . imprisoned and some ransomed . . . offences until this next [parliament] . . . before . . .
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Beverley, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
Note
Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736452/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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