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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Clays (Claes) Allardson (Alaertsz) of Middelburg. Allardson (Alaertsz) Clays (Claes)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/300/14982
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This record is about the Clays (Claes) Allardson (Alaertsz) of Middelburg. Allardson (Alaertsz) Clays (Claes)... dating from [1377-1399] 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 8/300/14982
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1377-1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Clays (Claes) Allardson (Alaertsz) of Middelburg.
- Name(s)
- Allardson (Alaertsz), Clays (Claes)
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Clays Allardson of Middelburg states that his ship, the 'Mary Knight' laden with salt, has been arrested at Sandwich to provision the town of Calais, but that the Treasurer of England has now granted him permission to leave with his ship, as there is enough salt at Calais; and he requests a writ to the Mayor and bailiffs of Sandwich to allow him to take his ship and merchandise and leave.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Middelburg, [Netherlands]
- Calais, [France]
- Sandwich, [Kent].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A note on the guard says that this petition was taken from a Chancery file of the time of Richard II, which would seem to accord with the hand and the content.
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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. II, ed. H.J. Smit, (Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatien, 65, 1928), p.1239 (edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518186/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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