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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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Commons in parliament. King and lords spiritual and temporal present in parliament....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/25/1225
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This record is about the Commons in parliament. King and lords spiritual and temporal present in parliament.... dating from [1427] 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 8/25/1225
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1427]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commons in parliament.
- Addressees
- King and lords spiritual and temporal present in parliament.
- Nature of request
- The commons request that merchants both denizen and alien be able to freely load wool, hides and wool-fells and other merchandise of the staple in the port of Melcombe in Dorset, and taking them to the staple of Calais paying the customs and subsidies due to the king, and that they are not impeded in the same.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king wishes it.
- Places mentioned
- Melcombe Regis, Dorset
- Calais, [France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1427 by the heading in Rot. Parl. IV, p.316 where it is noted that the petition comes from the parliament held at Westminster in the quindene of St. Michael, 6 Hen. VI (October 1427).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a another petition formerly enclosed with this one, see SC 8/27/1306
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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 2312
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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. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.333b-334a (no.xvii) (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061398/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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