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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, mariners and other subjects of England and the king's other lands King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/45/2225
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This record is about the Merchants, mariners and other subjects of England and the king's other lands King... dating from [1327-1337] 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 8/45/2225
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327-1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants, mariners and other subjects of England and the king's other lands
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The merchants, mariners and other subjects of England and the king's other lands state that the King of France and his ministers have ordained and begun to use against them various forms of oppression, rigour and harshness that have not been seen for thirty years and more, and such as the king's grandfather and his counsellors most feared and worked against, with the aim of subjecting the king and the petitioners to the crown of France, and with other aims which the king's council will be able to understand if they examine four articles on the matter. They ask that three clerks or [missing due to damage] be assigned to examine these articles and the grievances that the petitioners can show them, and to inform the king and his council within three days, so that sufficient [remedy] can be ordained in this parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- France
- People mentioned
- King of France
- [Edward I], King of England
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1327-1337: internal evidence suggests this must date to the reign of Edward III, and is presumably from the period before the outbreak of the Hundred Years War.
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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 3113
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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/C9062435/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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