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Merchants of the Hanse of Germany. Council. The merchants of the Hanse request the...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/116/5774

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SC 8/116/5774
Date
[? 1380]
Description
Petitioners
Merchants of the Hanse of Germany.
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
The merchants of the Hanse request the restoration of their rights and privileges. They produce a copy of a bill given to them at the last Parliament, which they have been asked to seal, but dare not do so, since they do not possess the same rights in English ports as English merchants in the Hanse towns. Such rights had been granted by the king's predecessors, and confirmed by the king, but had then been withdrawn.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Almaigne (Germany)
Sconeland (Scania), [Sweden]
Norway.
Note
Diplomatarium Norvegicum, vol. XIX (II) pp.717-8 dates this petition to the early months of 1380, although the evidence for this is unclear.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4215
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French and Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Diplomatarium Norvegicum, vol. XIX (II), ed. A. Bugge, (P.T. Malling, 1914), pp.717-8 (no.601) (edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150449/

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