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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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Merchants of the wool comprised in the cockets on this petition. Council. The merchants...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/171/8529
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/171/8529
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1417]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of the wool comprised in the cockets on this petition.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The merchants request that they are able to ship wool to the staple of Calais from Sandwich free of custom, and that they can have writs to the customers at Sandwich commanding them to suffer this as the custom was paid on the wool on four ships out of London which were wrecked on rocks at Ramsgate following a great tempest on 13 November 1417.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is agreed by the council that writs be directed to the customers of Sandwich ordering them to view the cockets of the petitioners and that they are to allow the merchants to take the wool to the staple at Calais free of custom.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Ramsgate, [Kent]
- Sandwich, [Kent]
- Isle of Thanet, [Kent]
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- Alard Betson
- Frank Johnson
- Hugh Allardson
- Peter Layman.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1417 as the petition refers to what must have been recent events on 28 October and 13 November 5 [Hen. V], 1417.
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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/C9294394/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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