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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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Merchants of Gascony, the Agenais, and Toulouse. King. The merchants request the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/175/8729
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/175/8729
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1290-? 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of Gascony, the Agenais, and Toulouse.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The merchants request the king's letters to the steward of Boston that they be delivered of their bodies and chattels until a certain day contained in the letters, and that right be done to them in your presence, they finding surety. They also request the king's protection until the day. The merchants came to Boston but lost their wine through no fault of their own, and were attached by the bailiffs there.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Agenais, [Guyenne, France]
- Toulouse, [France]
- Boston, [Lincolnshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to? 1290-? 1325 on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9294597/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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