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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
Item
Merchants and mariners of England and other lands of the king's lordship. King. Petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3918
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This record is about the Merchants and mariners of England and other lands of the king's lordship. King. Petition... dating from [c. 1327] 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 8/79/3918
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants and mariners of England and other lands of the king's lordship.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Petition made against the forms of peace and agreement made between the king and the king of France to grant by patents to the prelates, nobles and other clerks assigned to keep the peace and resolve disputes, sufficient power to bear the charges of their offices and they had under Edward I, so that they do not have reason to refuse their offices as happened under Edward II.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None] h>
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition seems to be early in the reign of Edward III as the petition refers back to King Edward, the king's grandfather, and the hand fits the a petition of about that date, though the form of the petition is unusual.
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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 5691
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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/C9107694/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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