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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Fishermen of Holland and Zeeland. King. The fishermen request that the ships and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/273/13649
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This record is about the Fishermen of Holland and Zeeland. King. The fishermen request that the ships and... dating from 1406 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 8/273/13649
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1406
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Fishermen of Holland and Zeeland.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The fishermen request that the ships and fishermen arrested at Yarmouth be acquitted and discharged as they will otherwise be ruined.
- Nature of endorsement
- 12 November 8 [Henry IV] it was agreed by the council [named] that a writ under the great seal be made to the bailiffs of Yarmouth and to the warden of the passage in the port to de-arrest the mariners and ships and allow them to depart.
- Places mentioned
- Holland, [Netherlands]
- Zeeland, [Netherlands]
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- [Thomas Arundel], Archbishop of Canterbury
- [Henry Beaufort], Bishop of Winchester
- [Thomas Langley], Bishop of Durham, Chancellor
- [Nicholas Bubwith], Bishop of London
- [Edward of York], Duke of York
- [Thomas Neville, Lord Furnival], Treasurer
- [John Prophet], Keeper of the Privy Seal
- Lord Roos
- Lord Willoughby
- Lord Burnell
- Arnold Savage.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1406 as the response is dated to 12 November 8 [Hen. IV].
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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)
- Bronnen Tot de Geschiedenis van den Handel met Engelond, Schotland en Ierland, vol. I, ed. H.J. Smit, (Chetham Society, Vol. X, 1928), p.517 (partial edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517596/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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