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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Nicholas Luk, merchant of Florence, and many other merchants of Florence. Luk Nicholas...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/173/8624
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This record is about the Nicholas Luk, merchant of Florence, and many other merchants of Florence. Luk Nicholas... 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 8/173/8624
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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
- Nicholas Luk, merchant of Florence, and many other merchants of Florence.
- Name(s)
- Luk, Nicholas
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- merchant of Florence
- Nature of request
- The merchants request that the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer be ordered to cease all processes against them concerning the sum demanded from them for the emperor of Constantinople, and that they can be discharged of the sum in demand as they have paid the sum which was given to them by the bishop of Chalcedon and have his letters of acquittance.
- Nature of endorsement
- 20 August in the second year, the council [names listed] agreed that the petitioners should show their acquittances, and then the chancellor is to make writs under the great seal directed to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to cease the process and to give them final discharge.
- People mentioned
- Albertini company
- Paul, Bishop of Chalcedon
- [Manuel II], Emperor of Constantinople
- [Thomas Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury
- [Edmund Stafford], Bishop of Exeter and Chancellor
- [John Trefnant], Bishop of Hereford
- [Richard Young], Bishop of Bangor
- Laurence Allerthorp, treasurer
- [Richard Clifford], keeper of the privy seal
- Lord Berkeley
- John Scarle
- John Prophet
- William Sturmy
- John Frome.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1401 as the petition is dated on its guard to 20 August in the second year, and the members of the council referred to in the response clearly dates this to 2 Henry IV.
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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/C9294490/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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