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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Citizens of London. [None specified] [Associated petition with SC 8/121/6003]The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/121/6004
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This record is about the Citizens of London. [None specified] [Associated petition with SC 8/121/6003]The... dating from [c. 1302] 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 8/121/6004
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1302]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Citizens of London.
- Addressees
- [None specified]
- Nature of request
- [Associated petition with SC 8/121/6003]The citizens of London request the restoration of goods seized in Ghent by the bailiffs of the King of France. They have been taken at the suit of two burgesses of Ghent in connection with a debt owed to them, although the merchants claim that it had been paid, and the matter resolved as part of an agreement between the king and Countess Margaret made at Montreuil to resolve damages inflicted by Flemings on English merchants.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Ghent, [Belgium]
- Mostroil (Montreuil), [Artois, France]
- Flanders.
- People mentioned
- [Philip IV], King of France
- Henri le Joesnes, burgess of Ghent
- Simon del Brede (Breda), burgess of Ghent
- Margaret [of Flanders], Countess of Flanders.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition and that at SC 8/121/6003 form part of a long-running dispute between the English crown and the rulers of Flanders, involving debts and the seizure of the goods of merchants from both sides. A letter sent by Edward I to the officials of Ghent on 23 August 1302 appears to have been in response to these petitions (SC 1/13/49, calendared in CCR 1296-1302, pp.555-6).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a letter of Edward I to the officials of Ghent on this matter see no.49 in SC 1/13
For a related petition see SC 8/193/9650
For the response of the people of Ghent see no 20 in SC 1/18
For a related petition, see SC 8/121/6003
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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 4993
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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 Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1296-1302, (Public Record Office, 1906), pp.555-6 (calendar of letter to the officials of Ghent on this matter (SC 1/13/49))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208170/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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