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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
Item
Abbot of St Mary's, York, and the clerks of the king's Chancery living . . .. King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/340/16016
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This record is about the Abbot of St Mary's, York, and the clerks of the king's Chancery living . . .. King.... dating from [? c. 1298] 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 8/340/16016
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1298]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot of St Mary's, York, and the clerks of the king's Chancery living . . ..
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Abbot of St Mary's, York
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged] The Abbot of St Mary's, York requests a grant of pavage in his borough of Bootham for five years to repair the borough, and lists certain sums that he requests from each horse and cart passing through Bootham, as the borough is so defiled by horses and carts coming to York, that people on horseback or on foot can scarcely pass that way towards the city.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- York
- Bootham, [York].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1296-1302 p.218 is dated 20 August 1298, and may be related to this petition. It would certainly suggest that the roadway at Bootham was in a poor state at this time.
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), p.218 (orders to repair the pavement at Bootham, and to remove pigsties from the town)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736497/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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