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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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Burgesses of Calais. King and council. Petition in nine parts for the rights and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/211/10508
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This record is about the Burgesses of Calais. King and council. Petition in nine parts for the rights and... dating from 1372 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 8/211/10508
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1372
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Calais.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Petition in nine parts for the rights and privileges of the town of Calais.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:] Responses interlineated within the petition.[On dorse:] The points granted by the council to the men of Calais, February 46 [Edward III (1372)].
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France]
- Ireland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement to the petition dates it to February 1372.
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.66 (brief reference to petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334065/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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