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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 England trading in Prussia. King in Parliament. The English merchants...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/125/6213
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This record is about the Merchants of England trading in Prussia. King in Parliament. The English merchants... dating from [1385] 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 8/125/6213
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of England trading in Prussia.
- Addressees
- King in Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The English merchants trading in Prussia request that the King order the seizure of all the goods in England belonging to Prussian merchants, as compensation for goods to the value of £20,000 unjustly detained in Prussia by those merchants. They also request the repeal of a charter of privileges granted to those merchants by the King, as these acts have broken the terms of that charter.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Prussia
- London.
- People mentioned
- Merchants of the Hanse
- Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A resultant order to seize the goods of Prussian merchants as compensation was issued on 24 November 1385.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.65 of PRO 31/7/109
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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 5454
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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 Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1900), p.61 (appointment of commissioners to seize the goods of Prussian merchants)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208386/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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