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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of Lisbon. Lords of the Council. The merchants of Portugal request the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/122/6072
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This record is about the Merchants of Lisbon. Lords of the Council. The merchants of Portugal request the... dating from [c. 1377-c. 1399] 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 8/122/6072
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377-c. 1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of Lisbon.
- Addressees
- Lords of the Council.
- Nature of request
- The merchants of Portugal request the restoration of goods stolen from them by English sailors while they were sailing to Flanders.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the same be done regarding this ship, merchants, sailors and goods as was ordained in the endorsement made in this parliament concerning another ship with certain goods of the said realm of Portugal taken and brought to Southampton by the people of Thomas de Percy.
- Places mentioned
- Lisbon, [Portugal]
- Flanders
- Dartmouth, [Devon].
- People mentioned
- King of Portugal.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively to the reign of Richard II on the basis of the hand.
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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 5123
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208241/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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