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Merchants of Genoa residing in the city of London. King. The merchants request that...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/230/11465

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Reference
SC 8/230/11465
Date
[? 1403]
Description
Petitioners
Merchants of Genoa residing in the city of London.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The merchants request that three carracks of Genoa that have arrived at the Isle of Wight to come to the port of Southampton be granted safe-conduct to the ships, their masters, merchants and mariners to come to any port in the realm and to charge and discharge their goods and merchandises, paying the custom, without any arrest being made on them for a certain cause or contract.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Genoa, [Italy]
London
Southampton, [Hampshire]
Isle of Wight, [Hampshire]
Spain
Venice, [Italy].
Note
The petition is dated to? c. 1403 on the basis of the dating given on the guard note. The hand is consistent for a document of this date, and petitions from Chancery Files 528 appear to date from this date.
Related material

For another very similar petition on the same matter, see SC 8/232/11560

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Chancery Files 528.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335024/

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