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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas Chaucer, butler of England. Chaucer Thomas King and council. butler of England...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/173/8635
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This record is about the Thomas Chaucer, butler of England. Chaucer Thomas King and council. butler of England... dating from [1408] 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 8/173/8635
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1408]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas Chaucer, butler of England.
- Name(s)
- Chaucer, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- butler of England
- Nature of request
- Chaucer requests that a remedy is ordained so that the king is answered of his prises of wine in the port of Bristol as it is in all other ports in England, or that letters of the privy seal or writs of Chancery be directed to the burgesses and merchants of Bristol to come and show why they should not answer for the prises in this manner, and if judgment is given against them that they pay the prises.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bristol.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another contemporary petition by the same petitioner on a related matter, see SC 8/173/8650
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1408, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.387 (commission to the petitioner to take the wine in Bristol)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294501/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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