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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
Mayor and burgesses of Bristol. [John of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford and Guardian...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/96/4789
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This record is about the Mayor and burgesses of Bristol. [John of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford and Guardian... dating from [1415-1421] 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 8/96/4789
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1415-1421]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and burgesses of Bristol.
- Addressees
- [John of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford and Guardian of England, and the lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The Mayor and burgesses of Bristol ask permission to build a common hall in the town to receive foreign cloth-merchants, and to hold a market once a week for them to sell their cloth, as is done in Blackwellhall in London, as the King is currently losing customs as a result of the secret selling of cloth by these people.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bristol
- Bakwelhall (Blackwellhall), London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? 1421', presumably with reference to the Duke of Bedford as Guardian of England - but he also presided at the parliaments of November 1415, November 1417, and October 1419, so the petition has been tentatively dated to this range of dates.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.34 of PRO 31/7/114
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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 1034
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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/C9149355/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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