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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 of the duchy of Aquitaine. King. The merchants of the duchy request remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3923
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This record is about the Merchants of the duchy of Aquitaine. King. The merchants of the duchy request remedy... dating from [1306-1307] 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 8/79/3923
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1306-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of the duchy of Aquitaine.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The merchants of the duchy request remedy according to their charter granted to them by the king as Gorges has taken wine from them at Dartmouth without making satisfaction against their charter.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king has ordered that wine is not to be taken without satisfaction being made, so it is ordered to Gorges that if he took wine to the king's use, he should make satisfaction from the issues of his bailiwick, and if for his own use then from his own goods.
- Places mentioned
- Aquitaine, [France]
- Dartmouth, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- Ralph de Gorges, [Sheriff of Devon].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be dated precisely as Ralph de Gorges was sheriff from April 1306 to December 1307 (List of Sheriffs, p.34).
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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 5562
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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/C9107699/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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