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Commons. [King.] Petition in eight sections (two of them deleted, and not included...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/110/5481

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This record is about the Commons. [King.] Petition in eight sections (two of them deleted, and not included... dating from [1437] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/110/5481
Date
[1437]
Description
Petitioners
Commons.
Addressees
[King.]
Nature of request
Petition in eight sections (two of them deleted, and not included in the resulting transcription on the parliament roll) concerning the partition and sale of wool at Calais, and the staple of Calais.
Nature of endorsement
Response to the fourth article of the petition and a note that on all other matters contained in it the king will be advised.
Places mentioned
Calais, [France]
Leiden, [Netherlands]
Amsterdam, [Netherlands]
Holland, [Netherlands]
Zeeland, [Netherlands]
Genoa, [Italy]
Venice, [Italy]
Tuscany, [Italy]
Lombardy, [Italy]
Florence, [Italy]
Catalonia, [Spain]
Gibraltar.
Note
Firmly datable to 1437 by reference to the transcription on the parliament roll in Rot. Parl., vol. V, 5-8.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3312
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.5-8 (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of 1437, item 37 (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150146/

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