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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Balthasar Obriake (Obracy), merchant of Florence. Obriake (Obracy) Balthasar Queen....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/222/11079
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This record is about the Balthasar Obriake (Obracy), merchant of Florence. Obriake (Obracy) Balthasar Queen.... dating from [? 1384] 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 8/222/11079
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1384]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Balthasar Obriake (Obracy), merchant of Florence.
- Name(s)
- Obriake (Obracy), Balthasar
- Addressees
- Queen.
- Occupation
- merchant of Florence
- Nature of request
- Balthasar Obriake requests that the queen ask the king to grant him letters of safe conduct to trade in England, recalling his service to the queen and her family.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] The king has granted this bill at the request of the Queen.Memorandum that Peter Marke and Nicholas Luke, merchants of Lombardy, came before the king in chancery on 13 September this year and swore that the aforesaid Balthasar has never had any residence amongst the king's enemies, nor is there any restriction on his oath or fidelity.Simon Burley.
- Places mentioned
- Florence, [Italy]
- Lombardy, [Italy]
- Paris, France
- Brabant.
- People mentioned
- [Anne of Bohemia], Queen of England
- Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, father of Queen Anne
- Elizabeth of Pomerania, mother of Queen Anne
- Peter Marke, merchant of Lombardy
- Nicholas Luke (Luca, Lucca), merchant of Lombardy
- Simon Burley.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to c. 1384, with reference to CPR 1381-5, p.458, a licence for the petitioner to buy and sell wine. That licence was issued on 14 September 1384, which seems likely to be the day after the memorandum added to the foot of this 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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. II, 1381-1385, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.458 (licence for the petitioner to buy wine in London and sell elsewhere in England)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334639/
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