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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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? No Petitioner named Copy of a letter of Edward II to the count of Flanders requiring...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/270/13474
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Copy of a letter of Edward II to the count of Flanders requiring... dating from 1309 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 8/270/13474
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1309
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Copy of a letter of Edward II to the count of Flanders requiring him to aid Combes in the recovery of his money and damages for wool sold to the Somerynghams in default of remedy by the burgomaster and others of Bruges.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Ipswich, [Suffolk]
- Bruges, [Belgium]
- York.
- People mentioned
- Edward II, King of England
- [Robert of Bethune], Count of Flanders
- Nicholas de Coumbe (Combes), burgess of Ipswich
- Lambsine de Someryngham, burgess of Bruges
- Copine [de Someryngham], brother of Lambsine de Someryngham, burgess of Bruges.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The letter is dated to 1309 as it is dated in its dating clause to 24 October 1309 [3 Edw. II].
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related document, see SC 8/337/15947
For a letter of the bailiffs and burgesses of Ipswich to the king on this same matter and with which this writ was formerly enclosed, see SC 8/270/13481
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1892), p.234 (enrolment of the letter to count of Flanders)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517421/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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