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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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Merchants of the city of Bordeaux. King. The merchants request that they be granted...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/229/11432
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/229/11432
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1402
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of the city of Bordeaux.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The merchants request that they be granted letters patent under the great seal as they had from Richard II.
- Nature of endorsement
- 4 June, 3 [Henry IV], the council [named] have agreed that the chancellor should make letters patent according to the statute made in 20 Richard II.
- Places mentioned
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury
- [Edmund Stafford], Bishop of Exeter, chancellor
- [Henry Bowet], Bishop of Bath and Wells, treasurer
- [Henry Beaufort], Bishop of Lincoln
- [John Trefnant], Bishop of Hereford
- [Richard Young], Bishop of Bangor
- [John Bottlesham], Bishop of Rochester
- [Thomas Langley], keeper of the privy seal
- [John] Scarle
- [John] Norbury
- [John] Prophet
- [John] Frome.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1402 because the petition is dated to 4 June, 3 Henry IV in the response.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 484
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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/C9334991/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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