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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Thomas .... Thomas King. This document is damaged and incomplete. The petitioner...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/187/9316
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This record is about the Thomas .... Thomas King. This document is damaged and incomplete. The petitioner... dating from [c. 1430-c. 1480] 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 8/187/9316
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1430-c. 1480]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas ....
- Name(s)
- Thomas
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- This document is damaged and incomplete. The petitioner makes a request for letters to the sheriff of Bristol, seemingly regarding the shipping of saffron without payment of customs. However, many of the details of the petition are now missing, including the surname of the petitioner, and the sense is therefore unclear.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Plymouth, [Devon]
- Bristol.
- People mentioned
- Richard Warde, mercer
- sheriff of Bristol.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated solely by the handwriting to the middle decades of the fifteenth century. A note on the guard states that a Richard Ward was active in Bristol in 1460 (CPR 1452-61, p.650), but this appears unconnected with this complaint.
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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/C9295194/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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