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Mayor and citizens of London. King. The mayor and citizens of London request remedy,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/220/10960

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This record is about the Mayor and citizens of London. King. The mayor and citizens of London request remedy,... dating from [? c. 1300-? c. 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/220/10960
Date
[? c. 1300-? c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor and citizens of London.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The mayor and citizens of London request remedy, stating that Swan had freighted a ship at Boston bound for Antwerp, but that it was seized at sea off Kirkley and taken to Calais.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
London
Boston, [Lincolnshire]
Ely, [Cambridgeshire]
Antwerp, [Belgium]
Brabant
Kirkley (Kirkley Road), [Suffolk]
Calais, [France].
People mentioned
Walter Swan
John Borgoys (Burgess) of Ely.
Note
Dated speculatively to the early decades of the fourteenth century. The language and format of the document are similar to SC 8/220/10951, but, as with that piece, the handwriting style is relatively indistinct and difficult to date with certainty.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334519/

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