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John Amerous (Amourous), merchant of Spain, and his companions, merchants of Spain....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/30/1493
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This record is about the John Amerous (Amourous), merchant of Spain, and his companions, merchants of Spain.... dating from [c. 1337] 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 8/30/1493
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Amerous (Amourous), merchant of Spain, and his companions, merchants of Spain.
- Name(s)
- Amerous (Amourous), John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- merchant of Spain
- Nature of request
- John Amerous and his companions, merchants of Spain, state that they brought three ships laden with wines and other merchandise, to be sold by weight, to various ports of England, and that they have sold it all, except for 26 tuns of wine, which they cannot sell except at great loss, although they have been six months in the country. They request permission to reload their ships to go to Flanders to trade there.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have a writ in accordance with this petitions.
- Places mentioned
- Spain
- Flanders.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively by reference to CPR 1334-8 pp.543-4, dated 1337, which provides a floruit for the petitioner.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/247/12301
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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 60
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061686/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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