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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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John Swart, merchant of the Hanse of Germany. Swart John Council. merchant Swart,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/213/10639
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This record is about the John Swart, merchant of the Hanse of Germany. Swart John Council. merchant Swart,... dating from [1392] 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 8/213/10639
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1392]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Swart, merchant of the Hanse of Germany.
- Name(s)
- Swart, John
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- Swart, here to buy wool and other merchandises under the King's protection, recounts that whereas Wiltshire owes money to Hase for which repayment is long overdue, and has gone into hiding and will not pay the money, on 13 January last Hase, espying Wiltshire in Bonet's house, went with his companions to Vanner who went to Bonet's house with a serjeant of the court who searched the house in order to arrest Wiltshire who escaped. In a bill to the mayor of London Bonet maliciously accused the petitioner of coming to his house with Hase with force and arms to kill him, when Swart was not there and knew nothing about it, but for which he has been imprisoned. The petitioner requests that the mayor of London be ordered to arrest Bonet and cause him to appear before the council to be punished for his false accusation.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Germany
- London.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Wiltschire (Wiltshire), junior, pelterer of London
- John Hase, merchant of the Hanse
- John Bonet, pelterer of London
- Henry Vanner, sheriff of London.
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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/C9334196/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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