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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 seven parts for various concessions...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/212/10582
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This record is about the Burgesses of Calais. King and council. Petition in seven parts for various concessions... dating from [? c. 1377] 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 8/212/10582
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1377]
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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 seven parts for various concessions on behalf of the people of Calais.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:] Replies interlineated between items of petition.[On dorse: none.]
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- John Dawe
- [Edward III], King of England
- Mayor and aldermen of Calais
- Archbishop of Canterbury, chancellor.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Darted on the guard? 1377 by reference to Edward III as the late king; the reference to the late archbishop of Canterbury, chancellor, could be to a number of chancellors under both Edward III and Richard II.
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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)
- The King's Council in England during the Middle Ages, J.F. Baldwin, (, 1913), pp.505-7 (full edition of petition and endorsements) & Plate II (image of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334139/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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