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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of the Hanse residing in England. Council. The petitioners state that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/217/10815
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This record is about the Merchants of the Hanse residing in England. Council. The petitioners state that they... dating from [1436] 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 8/217/10815
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1436]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of the Hanse residing in England.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that they have been granted a licence for a ship of Zeeland, of which Brusson is master, to travel with its load of cloth and other goods from London to Zeeland and Frankfurt. They request that a writ be issued to the officials of London to allow this voyage to take place, that they give them advice concerning the last voyage made to those parts by their ambassadors, and that they be granted safe-conduct for their return.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 9 March in the fourteenth year, at the Friars Preachers in London, it was agreed by the lords of the king's council that notwithstanding any earlier ordinance that no vessels or ships should pass out of the ports. The chancellor of England make writs of passage under the king's great seal for the ship within written and the merchandises within at the instance of the merchants of Cologne.
- Places mentioned
- Zeeland
- London
- Frankfurt, [Germany]
- Cologne, [Germany].
- People mentioned
- Adrian Brusson, ship's master
- customers and searchers of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement refers to 9 March in the king's fourteenth year, which would appear to be Henry VI, (i.e. 1436).
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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)
- Bronnen Tot de Geschiedenis van den Handel met Engelond, Schotland en Ierland, vol. II, ed. H.J. Smit, (Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatien, 65, 1928), pp.668-9 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334372/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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