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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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This record is about the Merchants of the Hanse of Germany. Lords of Parliament. The merchants of the Hanse... dating from [1391] 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 8/116/5761
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1391]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The grant clearly made in response to this petition was issued on 1 December 1391.
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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 4177
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- 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)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150435/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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