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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of the town of Bermeo. King. The commonalty request that they be granted...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/270/13463
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This record is about the Commonalty of the town of Bermeo. King. The commonalty request that they be granted... dating from [1317] 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 8/270/13463
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1317]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of the town of Bermeo.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The commonalty request that they be granted by letters patent that they and those of the power of Biscay are not marked for forfeit as those of Spain and to go about their business, as they have had no part in the war of Gascony and have not been against the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Bermeo, [Spain]
- Biscay (Vizcaya), [Spain]
- Spain
- France
- Gascony, [France]
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- King of Spain (Castile)
- King of France.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1317 as an exemption from arrest was granted on 20 November 1317 (CPR 1317-21, pp.53, 55). Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp. 53, 55 (Exemption from arrest for merchants of the towns of Bermeo, Bilbao, Placentia, Allequetio, and of other towns of Biscay in Spain, and for their goods found within the power of the king on account of any debt, unless wherein they themselves are the principles or sureties, or for any trespass committed by the subjects of the king of Spain, as Alfonso [XI] king of Spain has by his letters notified to the king that merchants of Biscay are not bound to make satisfaction for the defaults of his vassals)
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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/C9517410/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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