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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Letter from the Mayor and citizens of London to Edward II,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/195/9701
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter from the Mayor and citizens of London to Edward II,... dating from 1318 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 8/195/9701
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1318
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter from the Mayor and citizens of London to Edward II, stating that they had written to John de Fyenles on behalf of their fellow-citizen, Adam Hunteman, requesting restitution of or compensation for wool that he took from him in St-Omer, and carried off to Guines; but that John did little or nothing on this, and did not reply to them; nor did letters from the King have any effect. They request a swift and appropriate remedy for Adam, both for his losses and for his expenses and damages, and attest that they have carried out a full inquiry into this.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- St-Omer (St Omer), [Artois, France]
- Guines, [Artois, France].
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England
- Mayor and citizens of London
- John de Fyenles (Fiennes)
- Adam Hunteman, citizen of London.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related letter, see SC 8/7/323A
For a related petition, see SC 8/7/323B
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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)
- Latin
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.554 (order to the Sheriffs of London to arrest goods of men and merchants of the power of John de Fyenles, to the value of Adam's losses) & p.595 (earlier letter to John de Fyenles asking him to make restitution to Adam Hunteman)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295588/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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