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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward II from the Mayor, Aldermen and community...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/237/11810
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward II from the Mayor, Aldermen and community... dating from 1325 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 8/237/11810
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1325
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter to Edward II from the Mayor, Aldermen and community of London, stating that John le Whit of Almaine received several loans from merchants and citizens of London, and then secretly fled the country with this money, now living, as they understand, in the territory of Henry, Lord of Mecklenburg, Stargard and Rostock. They ask the King to write to Henry, so that by his help their fellow-citizens might recover their goods.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Almaine (Germany)
- Mecklenburg, [Germany]
- Burg Stargard, [Germany]
- Rostock, [Germany]
- Eastland.
- People mentioned
- Edward [II], King of England
- Mayor, Aldermen and community of London
- John le Whit (White) of Almaine
- Henry, Lord of Mecklenburg, Stargard and Rostock.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later letter on behalf of one of these merchants, see SC 8/236/11795
For a later related letter, see SC 8/237/11832
For a related letter, see SC 8/237/11803
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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)
- Latin
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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 Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1323-1327, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.548 (letter to the burgomasters, schöffen, aldermen and community of Lübeck, asking them to compel John le Whit and Arnold his brother to satisfy Richard de Hakeneye, merchant of London, for what they owe him, and to punish them suitably)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335370/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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