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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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Not specified. King and council. The petition asks that a writ might be sent to the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/197/9814
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This record is about the Not specified. King and council. The petition asks that a writ might be sent to the... dating from [? 1337-? c. 1370] 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 8/197/9814
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1337-? c. 1370]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Not specified.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petition asks that a writ might be sent to the Mayor and bailiffs of each port to seize all ships of that port and coming to that port from other places, so that they may be ready and equipped to serve the King in war and to assemble on a date to be given by the King or his admiral; and that no ship should leave any port before that date, on pain of forfeiture of the ship and of all else [its owners] can forfeit.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated tentatively to 1337-c. 1370 on the basis of the hand and content.
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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/C9295702/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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