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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Canynges (Cannings) of Bristol. Canynges (Cannings) William Chancellor. William...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/299/14910
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This record is about the William Canynges (Cannings) of Bristol. Canynges (Cannings) William Chancellor. William... dating from [1370] 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 8/299/14910
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1370]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Canynges (Cannings) of Bristol.
- Name(s)
- Canynges (Cannings), William
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- William Canynges states that he loaded 60 lasts of hides into small ships in Ireland, to take to Calais, and that he paid customs on them there and has letters of cocket, but that the ships have been driven into Bristol by a storm. He requests a writ to the customs officers there to allow him to continue to Calais with the hides, without paying customs a second time.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Bristol
- Ireland
- Calais, [France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1369-74 p.169 is dated 30 December 1370, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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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)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. XIII, 1369-1374, (Public Record Office, 1910), p.169 (order to the customs officers of Bristol to examine the petitioner's letters of cocket and to allow him to proceed to Calais, if he has paid customs)
- Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.95 (brief calendar of petition)
- The Overseas Trade of Bristol in the later Middle Ages, ed. E.M. Carus-Wilson, (William Salt Archaeological Society, vol, 1937), p.34 (no.14) (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518113/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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