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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Liege merchants of the king. Chancellor. The merchants request that certain writs...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/300/15000
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This record is about the Liege merchants of the king. Chancellor. The merchants request that certain writs... dating from [1386] 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 8/300/15000
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1386]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Liege merchants of the king.
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- The merchants request that certain writs be sent to the ambassadors chosen in parliament to go to Prussia to treat concerning certain matters and disputes between the merchants and those of Prussia that they come at a certain day during the same parliament to take their charges concerning the same matters. They also request that certain writs be sent to the mayors and bailiffs of cities and boroughs throughout the realm to make proclamations that all those aggrieved by arrest of their goods in those parts come in person or through the hands of a person representing them from each city and borough with full power to perform what is assented concerning these matters.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Prussia.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1386 as the order in response to part of the petition was issued on 18 August 1386 (CCR 1385-9, p.163).
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Ric II, vol. III, 1385-1389, (Public Record Office, 1921), p.163 (order for the notice to those with grievances to be sent to the mayor and bailiffs of various towns)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518204/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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