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Merchants of the Hanse of Germany. Lords of Parliament. The merchants of the Hanse...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5761

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Reference
SC 8/116/5761
Date
[1391]
Description
Petitioners
Merchants of the Hanse of Germany.
Addressees
Lords of Parliament.
Nature of request
The merchants of the Hanse ask that they may be exempt from the new customs duties imposed upon them in Southampton and the other ports of England, on account of privileges granted to them in by previous kings of England.
Nature of endorsement
The king discharges the merchants from all new customs mentioned in the petition for two years, and orders that further information about their privileges be gathered, in order to make a further decision after that period.
Places mentioned
Almaigne (Germany)
Southampton, [Hampshire]
Sandwich, [Kent]
Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
People mentioned
Thomas Appelby.
Note
The grant clearly made in response to this petition was issued on 1 December 1391.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4177
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Government finances
Taxation
Trade and commerce
Europe and Russia
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), pp.4-5 (grant to the merchants of the Hanse that they be free from the new customs charges for two years)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150435/

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