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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
Item
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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/220/10960
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1300-? c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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.
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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)
- Latin
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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/C9334519/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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