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Not specified. Council. A request that the King grant a licence under the great seal...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/216/10784

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Reference
SC 8/216/10784
Date
[1402]
Description
Petitioners
Not specified.
Addressees
Council.
Nature of request
A request that the King grant a licence under the great seal to Percy to purchase in Lincolnshire and the surrounding area 8 quarters of wheat and maslin, 8 quarters of beans and peas and 8 quarters of [other victuals] and to load them in Boston to bring to Berwick.
Nature of endorsement
On 21 May in the 3rd year (1402) the council agreed that a commission should be made.
Places mentioned
Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland]
Scotland
Lincolnshire
Boston, [Lincolnshire].
People mentioned
Henry de Percy, keeper of Berwick.
Note
Dated in the endorsement to 21 May in the third year [of Henry IV] (1402).
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/216/10786

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/C9334340/

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