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Mayor, aldermen and burgesses of Calais. King and council. Request for ratification...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/209/10447

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This record is about the Mayor, aldermen and burgesses of Calais. King and council. Request for ratification... dating from [? 1368] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/209/10447
Date
[? 1368]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor, aldermen and burgesses of Calais.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Request for ratification of the rights of inheritance of the king's people living in Calais.
Nature of endorsement
This bill is answered by a statute made on such a matter, and also by the common law.
Places mentioned
Calais, [France].
Note
Dated on the guard? 1368 by reference to Rot. Parl., vol. II, p. 297. The dating is impressionistic.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334004/

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