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? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from the Mayor and citizens of London,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/237/11832
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Letter to Edward III from the Mayor and citizens of London,... dating from 1327 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 8/237/11832
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1327
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Letter to Edward III from the Mayor and citizens of London, stating that John le White of Almaine and Arnold his brother left London secretly without paying the debts they owed to several citizens of London, and that John is now living at Wismar and Arnold at Lubeck. Letters from Edward II to the Lord of Wismar and from the Mayor and citizens of London to the Burgomaster, Schöffen, Aldermen and community of Lübeck and of Hamburg asking them to ensure that John and Arnold pay these debts have had no effect. They ask the King to provide their fellow-citizens with a suitable remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Almaine (Germany)
- Wismar, [Germany]
- Rostock, [Germany]
- Stralsund, [Germany]
- Lubeck, [Germany]
- Hamburg, [Germany].
- People mentioned
- Edward [III], King of England
- Mayor and citizens of London
- John le White of Almaine
- Arnold [le White], brother of John le White
- Richard de Betoigne, citizen of London
- Richard de Hakeneye (Hackney), citizen of London
- John Priour (Prior), citizen of London
- John de Wrotham, citizen of London
- [Edward II], King of England
- Henry de Maclenberwe (Mecklenburg), Lord of Wismar, Rostock and Stralsund
- Burgomaster, Schoffen, Aldermen and community of Lübeck
- Burgomaster, Schoffen, Aldermen and community of Hamburg.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related letter, see SC 8/236/11795
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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 III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), pp.74-75 (orders to make arrests to satisfy the merchants named here for their losses)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335392/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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