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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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Thomas Serland, merchant of Lucca. Serland Thomas King and council. merchant of Lucca...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/74/3671
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This record is about the Thomas Serland, merchant of Lucca. Serland Thomas King and council. merchant of Lucca... dating from [1379] 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 8/74/3671
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1379]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Serland, merchant of Lucca.
- Name(s)
- Serland, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- merchant of Lucca
- Nature of request
- Serland requests that he be sent before the council to answer to Ammory and others who have caused him to be imprisoned by a false allegation, and if they cannot do this at present that he may be able to go for a reasonable mainprise.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let a writ be made to the sheriffs of London to bring the body of the petitioner before the council at Westminster on 20 September to be to his answer, and another writ to the keeper of the Fleet to have the body of Gilbert Ammory his accuser before the council on the same day.
- Places mentioned
- Lucca, [Italy]
- London
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Gilbert Ammory, Lombard.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1379 as an order to discharge Serland was issued on 3 February 1379 (CCR 1377-81, p.227).
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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 7301
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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. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1914), p.227 (order to set Serland free, with a note that he was discharged when no one came to challenge him)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107445/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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