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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of King's Lynn. King and Lords in Parliament. The petitioners request that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/121/6017
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This record is about the Merchants of King's Lynn. King and Lords in Parliament. The petitioners request that... dating from [1406] 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 8/121/6017
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1406]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of King's Lynn.
- Addressees
- King and Lords in Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that they again be allowed to export wool, hides and wool fells from the port of King's Lynn.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king, with the advice of the lords, grants this petition to last until the next Parliament.
- Places mentioned
- King's Lynn, [Norfolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The resulting grant was issued on 16 June 1406.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a similar petition from the people of Ipswich see SC 8/118/5865
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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 5024
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1408, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.188 (grant that the passage of wools, hides and wool fells, lately granted to Great Yarmouth, shall extend to Ipswich and King's Lynn until the next Parliament) & p.209 (same grant)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.560b (no.2) (full edition of petition and response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208183/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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