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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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This record is about the Merchants of the Hanse of Germany. Council. The merchants of the Hanse request the... dating from [? 1380] 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 8/116/5774
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1380]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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 Such rights had been granted by the king's predecessors, and confirmed by the king, but had then been withdrawn.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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Diplomatarium Norvegicum, vol. XIX (II) pp.717-8 dates this petition to the early months of 1380, although the evidence for this is unclear.
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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 4215
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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 and Latin
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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)
- Diplomatarium Norvegicum, vol. XIX (II), ed. A. Bugge, (P.T. Malling, 1914), pp.717-8 (no.601) (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150449/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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