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Merchants of the Hanse of Almain. King and council in parliament. The merchants of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/18/899
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/18/899
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of the Hanse of Almain.
- Addressees
- King and council in parliament.
- Nature of request
- The merchants of the Hanse of Almain state that although the king had ratified and confirmed their charter, he later took it away without good reason. They have long sued to have it back, and the High Master of Prussia and the cities of the Hanse have sent letters on their behalf, but they have all been told that they can have no answer until this parliament. They ask that they might have their charter back, or at least a reply.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is agreed and assented in parliament that the said charter of confirmation should be delivered to them out of the hanaper, on condition that before Michaelmas next they bring letters sealed with the common seals of their cities, and of their sovereigns and masters, as they should do and are accustomed to do, attesting that the English merchants will be allowed to come, go, trade and stay in all their markets, as safely and freely as they used to; and also that in all other places, whether in Prussia, Denmark, Norway, or elsewhere, where they come, they aid any English merchants there in all good and franchise in their power, and do not act against them, privately or openly; and that they have these letters delivered to the king's council before the said term, on pain of forfeiture of all their franchise in England. And if, within this term, they do not do it, without just cause, they have promised and will be bound by this ordinance to restore their charter and their franchise will be repealed.
- Places mentioned
- Almain (Almaine, Germany)
- Pruys (Prussia)
- Denmark
- Norway.
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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 4169
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.66 (instructions to customs officers to allow the merchants of the Hanse to trade, paying the customs they used to pay, until the matter of their franchise is decided) & p.401 (supersedeas addressed to customs officers of London on demands of customs other than the merchants used to pay, as the king has restored their charter to them)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.52a (no.6) (full edition of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061052/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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