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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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Lanfranc Calne, Merchant of Genoa. Calne Lanfranc King and council Merchant of Genoa...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1961
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This record is about the Lanfranc Calne, Merchant of Genoa. Calne Lanfranc King and council Merchant of Genoa... dating from [1378] 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 8/40/1961
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Lanfranc Calne, Merchant of Genoa.
- Name(s)
- Calne, Lanfranc
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Merchant of Genoa
- Nature of request
- Calne requests a safe conduct to bring a carrack from Genoa to England to discharge and sell its cargo at any port except London that pleases the king, and to buy wool and other goods and return to Genoa paying costs and subsidies at the staple of Calais.
- Nature of endorsement
- The council assent to this safe conduct to be made under the great seal on the condition that they only take the goods to the port of Genoa.
- Places mentioned
- Genoa, [Italy]
- London
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- Jages Dalbynga
- Benocye Draco.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1378 as the letters of protection were issued on 6 November 1378 (CPR 1377-81, p.283). Letters of safe conduct were also issued on 12 January 1379 (C 76/63 m.8).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the enrolment of the letters of safe conduct see m.8 in C 76/63
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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 1715
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.283 (letters of protection for a year) & p.311 (commission concerning the wreck of Dalbynga's boat and the seizure of the goods at Falmouth against the protection)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062165/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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