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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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Mayor and burgesses of Calais. King. The mayor and burgesses complain of petitions...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/272/13578
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This record is about the Mayor and burgesses of Calais. King. The mayor and burgesses complain of petitions... dating from [c. 1435-c. 1460] 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 8/272/13578
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1435-c. 1460]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and burgesses of Calais.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The mayor and burgesses complain of petitions by certain people for land and tenements in the town, by the granting of which people of the town have been forced from their land. They request that such grants be held void if there is no record to support such grants, and that they only be accepted if their right can be proved by inquisition.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face:]The council assents to this petition.[On dorse:]Let it be done as it is desired in all points.
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1435-c. 1465 because the petition is written in English.
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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)
- English
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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/C9517525/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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