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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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Walter de Boo, alien merchant. de Boo Walter King and council. Walter de Boo states...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/17/810
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This record is about the Walter de Boo, alien merchant. de Boo Walter King and council. Walter de Boo states... dating from [c. 1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/17/810
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Walter de Boo, alien merchant.
- Name(s)
- de Boo, Walter
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Walter de Boo states that the king owes him 49 s.halfpenny, from a loan made to him by Walter, for which has letters of obligation under the Cocket. He requests that this be repaid.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Treasurer, Barons and Chamberlains of the Exchequer are to be ordered that, when they examined the letters mentioned by the petition, if they find that the debt is clearly due, they are to let him have payment, assignment or allowance, as soon as they reasonably can; receiving etc and charging etc.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- There is no indication of date, except that the loan was made to the present king. It has been dated to c. 1331 as the wording of the response is similar to that to SC 8/17/802, 803, 804, 806 etc., and they might all thus belong to the same year. It is dated on the petition to c. 1328, with reference to the preceding petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a similar petition from another merchant, see SC 8/16/798
For another version of this petition see SC 8/17/809
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 401
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.408b (no.171) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060951/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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