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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
Item
Echevins and consuls of Ghent, burgomasters, echevins and consuls of Bruges, and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/270/13458
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This record is about the Echevins and consuls of Ghent, burgomasters, echevins and consuls of Bruges, and... dating from [? c. 1295-? c. 1320] 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 8/270/13458
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1295-? c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Echevins and consuls of Ghent, burgomasters, echevins and consuls of Bruges, and advocate, echevins and consuls of Ypres.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask that they might be excused from not attending on a day assigned to settle certain disputes between the subjects of the king and the count of Flanders, at the octave of All Saints next, and that another day might be assigned instead, as because of the state of war existing on the seas between the king's people and those of the king of France they do not dare to send messengers, and because the Count, who should also send messengers with them, is currently in France.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Ghent, [Belgium]
- Bruges, [Belgium]
- Ypres, [Belgium]
- Flanders
- France.
- People mentioned
- Count of Flanders
- King of France.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the feast of St Luke (18 October). The petition is speculatively dated to? c. 1295-? c. 1320 based on the hand.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517405/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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