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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Alexander Ferrantyne, fellow and factor of the old Albertine merchants of Florence....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/156/7767
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This record is about the Alexander Ferrantyne, fellow and factor of the old Albertine merchants of Florence.... dating from [c. 1439] 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 8/156/7767
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1439]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Alexander Ferrantyne, fellow and factor of the old Albertine merchants of Florence.
- Name(s)
- Ferrantyne, Alexander
- Addressees
- Commons in the present parliament.
- Occupation
- fellow and factor of the old Albertine merchants of Florence
- Nature of request
- Ferrantyne requests the king's letters be sent to his company in Florence as he has been condemned in King's Bench for sums due to his creditors for merchandise sent by him to Florence for which his company has not made payment as they should, to the petitioner's destruction. He further requests that two galleys from Florence be detained.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face].1) Let this bill be sent to the lords.2) By the Chancellor, 31 January.[On dorse, none].
- Places mentioned
- Florence, [Italy]
- London.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Kanc. . .
- Hugh Middelton, knight of the order of St John
- Robert Botell, knight of the order of St John
- Thomas Haseley
- Steven Forster
- Thomas Camynges.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1439 on the basis of references in patent rolls and in the rolls of parliament (CPR 1436-41, p.398; Rot. Parl., vol. V, p.13a-b).
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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)
- English
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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 VI, vol. III, 1436-1441, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.398 (letters of marque concerning debts due from the Alberti for wool purchased by Ferrantyne)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. V, Hen VI and Edw IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.13a-b (petition concerning debts owed by the petitioner)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209959/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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