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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Echevins and community of Ghent. King. The Echevins and people of Ghent request letters...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/181/9027
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This record is about the Echevins and community of Ghent. King. The Echevins and people of Ghent request letters... dating from [1272-1280] 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 8/181/9027
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1272-1280]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Echevins and community of Ghent.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Echevins and people of Ghent request letters of safe conduct to allow them to continue trading with England. They fear they will be arrested if they come to England, in retaliation for sums owed by the Countess of Flanders and Hainault and her son for goods seized in Flanders from English merchants, even though securities have been given and a licence has been granted. They state that Ghent has no connection with the seizures, and that they provide the king with a great deal of silver, more than the rest of Flanders, and this loss would be to his great damage.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Ghent, [Belgium]
- Flanders
- Hainault
- London.
- People mentioned
- [Margaret], Countess of Flanders and Hainault
- [Guy de Dampierre], Count of Flanders.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition clearly relates to the long-running Anglo-Flemish trade dispute of the 1270s. As noted on the guard, it clearly dates to the period between the accession of Edward I in 1272 and the death of Margaret, Countess of Flanders in 1280, but no specific incident can be identified.
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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/C9294904/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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