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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Gerard Murth of Genoa, ship's captain. Murth Gerard Chancellor. ship's captain Gerard...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/300/14984
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This record is about the Gerard Murth of Genoa, ship's captain. Murth Gerard Chancellor. ship's captain Gerard... 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 8/300/14984
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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
- Gerard Murth of Genoa, ship's captain.
- Name(s)
- Murth, Gerard
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- ship's captain
- Nature of request
- Gerard Murth of Genoa, captain of a carrack of Genoa called the 'St Mary and St Anthony', currently at Southampton, who wishes to go to Middelburg and to return to England with various merchandise, requests a safe-conduct for one year for his ship, the captain, pilots and mariners, and the goods in it, to go from and return to Southampton or any other port in England he wishes, loaded or unloaded, to trade and to freight his ship with merchandise as he pleases, paying the appropriate customs.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Genoa, [Italy]
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Middelburg, [Netherlands].
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518188/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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