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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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Merchants of Brabant. King and council. Merchants of Brabant The merchants show that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/35/1740
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/35/1740
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1312-1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of Brabant.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Merchants of Brabant
- Nature of request
- The merchants show that they have been used to coming to England with their cloths to sell them, and to buy wool to carry back to their towns in Brabant for their own work, and not to carry it to any other place. Now they are arrested for preparing to go to the staple so that they suffer great loss and damage. They request that the king hold to the old usages and customs.
- Nature of endorsement
- Concerning this point that they come into England and buy wool and take it to their own houses to make drapes, and not to sell it, it is enjoined to the mayor of the staple by the council that they do not molest them for this reason.
- Places mentioned
- Brabant, [Belgium].
- People mentioned
- [John III], Duke of Brabant, nephew of the king
- [Margaret], Duchess of Brabant, sister of the king.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable from internal references to the period between the accession of John III as duke of Brabant in 1312 and the death of the Duchess Margaret in 1318.
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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 389
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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/C9061939/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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