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The Beverley Town Riots, 1381–2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

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‘Nous devons dire ici,’ writes the editor of Réville's ‘Le Soulèvement des Travailleurs,’ ‘que nous n'avons pas pu … présenter à notre entière satisfaction les documents relatifs à cette révolte de Beverley, et nous souhaitons que quelque savant Anglais revoie les originaux et contrôle les conclusions.’ Without arrogating to himself the degree of erudition which these words imply, an English student might use this note as an excuse for further researches on this subject. Moreover, a fortunate discovery has placed the present writer in a position to supplement both M. Réville's researches and the valuable work which Mr. Leach has done in connection with the history of Beverley. The list of Ancient Petitions at the Record Office shows that the unusually large number of almost fifty consecutive documents appear to relate to Beverley, and after an examination of the documents themselves it was found that with a certain amount of rearrangement they could throw some light on the methods of medieval municipal politics.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1904

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References

page 79 note 1 p. civ. n. 2.

page 79 note 2 The documents in question were originally preserved among the series known as Chancery Files—the usual receptacle for records sent up from the provinces to the central Chancery.

page 80 note 1 Co. Plac, York, 135.

page 80 note 2 Pat. 4 Ric. II, p. 2, m. 3 d.

page 83 note 1 Coram Rege, Easter, 5 Ric. II. m. 25.

page 84 note 1 Ancient Petitions, 11201, 11210.

page 84 note 2 Coram Rege, Hil. 6 Ric. II. m. 21.

page 85 note 1 Ancient Petitions, 4688, 4700, 8356, 13260, 13262.

page 85 note 2 Close 5 Ric. II. m. 34d.

page 85 note 3 Ancient Petitions, 11205.

page 86 note 1 Close 5 Ric. II. m. 23d.

page 86 note 2 Pat. 5 Ric. II. p. 2, m. 3.

page 86 note 3 Ancient Petitions, 11206–11208.

page 87 note 1 Ancient Petitions, 11221, 11223, 11224, 11231.

page 87 note 2 Ancient Petitions, 11220.

page 87 note 3 Ancient Petitions, 11221.

page 87 note 4 Close 5 Ric. II. m. 11.

page 88 note 1 Ancient Petitions, 11204.

page 88 note 2 Ancient Petitions, 11237.

page 88 note 3 Ancient Petitions, 11242.

page 89 note 1 Pat. 8 Ric. II, m. 1.

page 89 note 2 9 H. IV. a, m. 7d. The writer is indebted to Mr. R. C. Fowler for notice of this entry.

page 90 note 1 Ancient Petitions, 11238.

page 91 note 1 Nos. 11202–11242.

page 91 note 2 Ancient Petitions, no. 11201.

page 91 note 3 Ancient Petitions, no. 11210.

page 92 note 1 Ancient Petitions, no 4700.

page 93 note 1 Ancient Petitions, no. 8356.

page 93 note 2 Ancient Petitions, no. 13262.

page 94 note 1 Ancient Petitions, no. 11205.

page 95 note 1 Ancient Petitions, no. 11222.

page 96 note 1 Ancient Petitions, no. 11204.

page 96 note 2 Ancient Petitions, no. 11237.

page 97 note 1 Ancient Petitions, no. 11233.

page 98 note 1 Ancient Petitions, no. 11235.

page 98 note 2 Ancient Petitions, no. 11242.

page 99 note 1 The last membrane, containing about 50 names, appears to be a subsequent addition; this would reconcile the actual number of names with the number given in the preamble.