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Missing Duke of Bedford and Lords of Parliament. [This petition appears to relate...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/122/6094

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This record is about the Missing Duke of Bedford and Lords of Parliament. [This petition appears to relate... dating from [? 1421] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/122/6094
Date
[? 1421]
Description
Petitioners
Missing
Addressees
Duke of Bedford and Lords of Parliament.
Nature of request
[This petition appears to relate to the rights of alien merchants and traders in the City of London. However, a large section is missing from the left side of the petition, and the request is difficult to reconstruct.]
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
London
Ireland
Wales
People mentioned
[John of Lancaster], Duke of Bedford
Edward III, King of England
Chamberlain of London
Sheriffs of London
Note
Dated on the guard to? 1421. No evidence is cited, but presumably with reference to other petitions in this file from that parliament (SC 8/122/6093, 6097). However, only part of the petition survives.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5175
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208264/

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