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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of London. King and council. The merchants of London state that when their...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/59/2928
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This record is about the Merchants of London. King and council. The merchants of London state that when their... dating from [1381] 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 8/59/2928
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1381]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The merchants of London state that when their goods and merchandise were seized at Sluis in Flanders, because of damage allegedly inflicted at sea on certain Flemings by the English, the King asked the Count and towns of Flanders to release these goods, promising reasonable compensation to anyone who could prove this damage and would sue for it. They, however, would only release the London merchants' goods on mainprise. Some Flemish merchants' goods have now been seized at London for the said reason: they ask that they might not be released without sufficient mainprise to pay off the mainprise in Flanders.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ is to be sent to the Mayor of London to inform himself about what has been done with the English merchants' goods in Flanders: and if he finds that they have been released, then he is to release the Flemings' goods in London and its suburbs. And if the goods of the English remain under arrest in Flanders, then the goods of the Flemings are to remain under arrest in London and its suburbs.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Lescluez (Sluis), [Netherlands]
- Flanders.
- People mentioned
- Richard Page.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1381-5 p.14 is dated 24 September 1381, and is clearly in response to the petition.
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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 4948
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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 Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1920), p.14 (order to the Mayor of London to deal with the Flemings' goods in accordance with the terms of the endorsement)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063148/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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