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Alexander Ferrantyn, merchant of Florence; Obertyn de Bardes, merchant of Florence....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/111/5523

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Reference
SC 8/111/5523
Date
[? 1428]
Description
Petitioners
Alexander Ferrantyn, merchant of Florence; Obertyn de Bardes, merchant of Florence.
Name(s)
Ferrantyn; de Bardes, Alexander; Obertyn
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
merchant of Florence
Nature of request
Ferrantyn and Bardes request letters under the privy seal to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to cease the pursuit and process against them and discharge them as they have been pursued because they are owed sums to be paid in England for money forwarded to the proctors of lords and bishops at the court of Rome to pay for bulls had for their bishops.
Nature of endorsement
[On face].By the bishop of Worcester, 12 February.[On dorse, none].
Places mentioned
Florence, [Italy]
Rome, [Italy].
People mentioned
Bishop of Worcester.
Note
The petition is speculatively dated to? 1428 based on the dating attribution in the guard note, though no evidence to support this is given.
Related material

For transcript, see no.22 of PRO 31/7/117

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3449
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150189/

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