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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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The Company of the Staple of Calais. Parliament. The petitioners seek confirmation...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/100/4971
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This record is about the The Company of the Staple of Calais. Parliament. The petitioners seek confirmation... dating from [c. 1434] 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 8/100/4971
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1434]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The Company of the Staple of Calais.
- Addressees
- Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek confirmation of their exclusive rights to deal with all the merchants of England for the sale of their wool, as established by statute in year twelve of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- The commons will answer this petition.
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- Henry VI, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to some time after 1434 on internal evidence.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/100/4968
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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 1764
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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)
- English
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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/C9149538/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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