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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Liege and foreign merchants. Council. The merchants request that a writ be granted...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/159/7941
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This record is about the Liege and foreign merchants. Council. The merchants request that a writ be granted... dating from [c. 1377] 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 8/159/7941
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Liege and foreign merchants.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The merchants request that a writ be granted to the keepers of the passage and the port of Lynn so that they are able to go overseas for their profit as by a certain writ of defence sent to the keepers they are prevented from departing.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Skone (Scania), [Sweden]
- King's Lynn, [Norfolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has been dated speculatively to c. 1377 as the hand seems appropriate for a petition of that date, and the petition is addressed to the council, which was common during the first years of Richard II's minority.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210133/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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