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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor, constables and merchants of the Calais staple. Council. The mayor, constables...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/214/10684
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This record is about the Mayor, constables and merchants of the Calais staple. Council. The mayor, constables... dating from [1399] 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 8/214/10684
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, constables and merchants of the Calais staple.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The mayor, constables and merchants of the Calais staple request remedy against Allington, who was owed custom by some of their companions from diverse countries who were absent from Calais, and planned to have the petitioners pay the custom when they owe nothing. He has also prevented wool of their companions from leaving Calais until all the custom has been paid. The petitioners also request that writs of the Chancery be directed to the lieutenant of Calais and Allington ordering them to cease troubling the petitioners.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- William Allyngton (Allington), treasurer of the Duke of Exeter.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to 1399, with reference to CCR 1396-9, p. 508, a 1399 order to cease troubling the petitioners, in response to this petition.
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.508 (order to cease troubling petitioners, in response to this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334241/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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