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Merchants and other men travelling from Boston to Lincoln and from there to York...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/164/8162

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This record is about the Merchants and other men travelling from Boston to Lincoln and from there to York... dating from [c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/164/8162
Date
[c. 1327]
Description
Petitioners
Merchants and other men travelling from Boston to Lincoln and from there to York and Nottingham.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The merchants and other men travelling from Boston to Lincoln and from there to York request that, whereas a commission was ordered by the parliament at York in the quinzaine of Easter 12 Edward II ...
Nature of endorsement
[Notes for an inquiry on the petition.]
Places mentioned
Boston, [Lincolnshire]
Lincoln, [Lincolnshire]
York
Nottingham, [Nottinghamshire].
Note
Dated on the guard to c. 1327, with reference to mention made in the petition to the twelfth year of the reign of Edward II.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.364-366 (commissions referred to in the petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294007/

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