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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Fishmongers and victuallers of the City of London. Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/301/15045
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This record is about the Fishmongers and victuallers of the City of London. Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor.... dating from [1416] 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 8/301/15045
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1416]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Fishmongers and victuallers of the City of London.
- Addressees
- Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- The fishmongers and victuallers request that the governors and officers of the town of Berwick be directed not to introduce new usages and to allow them peacefully to buy victuals in the town as they have been accustomed to do free from disturbance and impediment.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- [Henry Beaufort], Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1416 as other petitions originally from Chancery Files 548 date to this year.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 548.
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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/C9518249/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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