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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 the county of Chester and North Wales King and council The merchants...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/38/1888
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This record is about the Merchants of the county of Chester and North Wales King and council The merchants... dating from [c. 1360-c. 1370] 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 8/38/1888
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1360-c. 1370]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of the county of Chester and North Wales
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The merchants show that they are of the lordship of the prince and have been accustomed to trade in Ireland. The merchants with their victuals are arrested by the king's ministers of Ireland and cannot have delivery except by the payment of an outrageous fine to their great damage. They request letters and writs be sent to the justices and ministers of Ireland that the merchants should not be arrested, and be allowed to buy goods in Ireland and take them to North Wales and Cheshire without disturbance.
- Nature of endorsement
- This petition is answered amongst the petitions of the commons sent into parliament.
- Places mentioned
- Countee de Cestre (Cheshire)
- Northgales (North Wales)
- Ireland
- People mentioned
- [Edward of Woodstock], Prince of Wales
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This range of dates has been assigned on the basis of the style of writing (mid to late fourteenth century) and because of the reference to the Black Prince. See also comments on the guard of the petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another almost identical and contemporary petition see SC 8/38/1888
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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 1517
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.52-3 (full calendar of petition)
- Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.12 (brief calendar but misnumbered as SC 8/38/1889)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062091/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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