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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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Henry Merssh (Marsh), citizen of London. Merssh (Marsh) Henry Council. Brittany,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/217/10822
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This record is about the Henry Merssh (Marsh), citizen of London. Merssh (Marsh) Henry Council. Brittany,... dating from [1422] 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 8/217/10822
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Henry Merssh (Marsh), citizen of London.
- Name(s)
- Merssh (Marsh), Henry
- Addressees
- Council.
- Places mentioned
- Brittany, [France]
- le Baye (Bay of Bourgneuf), [Brittany, France]
- London.
- Nature of request
- The petitioner requests letters of safe-conduct for one year in order to bring salt from the Bay of Bourgneuf to England in four small ships.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 6 October in the first year the council granted that he have safe-conduct for one year.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement is dated 6 October in the first year, and a note on the guard identifies this as Henry VI (1422). The petitioner is not explicitly named but is presumably Merssh, the only person mentioned in the 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334379/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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