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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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John Walrauen, merchant of Louvain, and his companions Walrauen John King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/152/7561
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/152/7561
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Walrauen, merchant of Louvain, and his companions
- Name(s)
- Walrauen, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- merchant of Louvain
- Nature of request
- Walrauen and his companions request that it is granted that an inquisition that is to be held concerning their plea in the Bench against Melton for cloth that he took from them, be held before a moiety of English and foreign merchants who were at the fair where the trespass occurred.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should abide before the discretion of the justice before whom the plea is pending.
- Places mentioned
- Louvain, [Belgium].
- People mentioned
- Clement de Melton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1316 as a Latin summary of the petition is published on the parliament roll of the Hilary parliament in 1316 (Rot. Parl., vol. I, p.382a (no.97)).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.382a (no.97) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209748/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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