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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Representatives of the towns of Libourne and Bourg. Council. The representative sent...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/169/8418
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This record is about the Representatives of the towns of Libourne and Bourg. Council. The representative sent... dating from 1401 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 8/169/8418
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1401
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Representatives of the towns of Libourne and Bourg.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The representative sent to the king by the mayors, justices and commons of the towns of Libourne and Bourg request letters patent of the great seal that gifts made to the city of Bordeaux are not to be to the prejudice of the ports and other liberties and privileges of the towns of Libourne, Bourg and of the poor town of St Emilion.
- Nature of endorsement
- Give the last day of June in the 2nd year, present in the council: bishop of Exeter, chancellor; bishop of Bangor, bishop of Rochester, the earls of Northumberland and Westmorland, the keeper of the privy seal, Scarle, Prophet, . . .ward, Curzon, Frome. It seems to the council that the petition is reasonable and that execution ought to be made according to the effect of the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Libourne, [Guyenne, France]
- Bourg, [Guyenne, France]
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- St Emilion, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- [John Fordham], bishop of Exeter
- [Edmund Stafford], chancellor
- [Richard Young], bishop of Bangor
- [John Bottlesham], bishop of Rochester
- [Henry de Percy], earl of Northumberland
- [Ralph Nevill], earl of Westmorland
- [Richard Clifford], the keeper of the privy seal
- J[John] Scarle
- J[John] Prophet
- J[John] Curzon
- J[John] Frome.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1401 as the response is dated to 30 June 1401.
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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/C9294265/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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