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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Knights, esquires, burgesses, merchants and poor commonalty of Lancashire. King....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/221/11021
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This record is about the Knights, esquires, burgesses, merchants and poor commonalty of Lancashire. King.... dating from [1398] 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 8/221/11021
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1398]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Knights, esquires, burgesses, merchants and poor commonalty of Lancashire.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people of Lancashire request that they be exempted from customs charges on grain, malt, meat and fish charged at the ports of Lancashire and Kendal (Westmorland), as their land is poor and they cannot afford to pay.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 2 May in the twenty-first year, the council agreed that the petitioners be discharged of the customs and charges on the victuals named within until the king decide otherwise, and that letters patent be made. By the Chancellor, Treasurer, Keeper of the Privy Seal, John Bussy and John Russell.
- Places mentioned
- Lancashire
- Kendal, [Westmorland]
- Lancaster, [Lancashire]
- Preston, [Lancashire]
- Liverpool, [Lancashire]
- Pyel de Fotheray (Foudray Peel, Piel Island), [Lancashire]
- Arnoldeshede in Kendale (Arnside), [Westmorland].
- People mentioned
- [Edmund Stafford], Chancellor
- [Guy Mone], Treasurer
- [Richard Clifford], Keeper of the Privy Seal
- John Bussy (Busshy)
- John Russell.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- As noted in the endorsement, the requested exemption was granted on 2 May 1398.
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. VI, 1396-1399, (Public Record Office, 1909), p.329 (requested exemption)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334581/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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