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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 Almain coming to the town of Boston. King and council. Merchants of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/258/12852
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This record is about the Merchants of Almain coming to the town of Boston. King and council. Merchants of... dating from [? c. 1340-? c. 1360] 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 8/258/12852
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1340-? c. 1360]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of Almain coming to the town of Boston.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Merchants of Almain coming to the town of Boston
- Nature of request
- The merchants of Almain who come to the town of Boston with their merchandise to trade request writs to the collectors of customs there to allow them to spend the money earned in trade on English cloth, and to ship it back to their country, as they have done before now and as they and other foreign merchants do elsewhere.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] To the Lord Treasurer: Reverend father, if it please your paternity, speak with the Lord Chancellor and other noble counsellors, that the aforesaid might be expedited.[On dorse] A writ is to be issued to the customs officers of each port in England to allow the petitioners to load and ship the cloth which they have bought and which they are to buy, as they have done in the past, according to the effect of this petition, paying the customs and other duties that belong to them.
- Places mentioned
- Almain (Germany)
- Seint Botulf (Boston), [Lincolnshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and the content.
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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)
- 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/C9440464/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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