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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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Citizens of the city of Bayonne. King. The citizens request a licence for Forster...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/232/11568
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This record is about the Citizens of the city of Bayonne. King. The citizens request a licence for Forster... dating from [? 1421-? 1422] 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 8/232/11568
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1421-? 1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Citizens of the city of Bayonne.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The citizens request a licence for Forster and Selby to export 100 quarters of wheat from England in relief of the scarcity of wheat and corn there.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bayonne, [Gascony]
- London.
- People mentioned
- Stephen Forster of London, merchant
- Richard Selby.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1421-? 1422 on the basis of the dating given on the guard note.
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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 559.
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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/C9335127/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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