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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Richard Burton of Taunton, merchant. Burton Richard King. merchant Richard Burton...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/186/9289
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This record is about the Richard Burton of Taunton, merchant. Burton Richard King. merchant Richard Burton... dating from [c. 1440-c. 1450] 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 8/186/9289
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1440-c. 1450]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Richard Burton of Taunton, merchant.
- Name(s)
- Burton, Richard
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- Richard Burton requests that the king grant letters of safe-conduct for a ship from Bilbao, under one of three masters, to travel to England to trade, in order to pay a debt owed to him by Sanchez.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king remits this to his chancellor, calling to him such lords of the council as seems expedient.
- Places mentioned
- Taunton, [Somerset]
- Spain
- Bilbao, [Spain].
- People mentioned
- Martin Sanchez, merchant of Spain
- Martin de Deve
- Loope Roysse (Ruiz)
- Martin Vanes de Toriago.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The Spanish merchant Martin Sanchez appears in a number of entries on the patent rolls during the 1440s, and it seems likely that this petition also dates to that period.
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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)
- English
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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/C9295167/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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