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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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Consuls and all the other merchants of Venice residing in London. Chancellor. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/302/15058
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This record is about the Consuls and all the other merchants of Venice residing in London. Chancellor. The... dating from [? 1418-? 1419] 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 8/302/15058
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1418-? 1419]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Consuls and all the other merchants of Venice residing in London.
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- The consuls and other merchants request that the customers of London be charged not to demand the custom and subsidy on 6 bales of cloth which Cunteryn charged on a ship to Sandwich to be loaded on a Venetian galley there, but which were returned to London because they could not be charged on the galley. The custom was paid but the customers demand it again.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- London
- Sandwich, [Kent].
- People mentioned
- Robert Cunteryn, merchant of Venice.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to? 1418-? 1419 as other petitions originally from Chancery Files 553 appear date to these years based on the dating assigned them on the guard.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the schedule of the bales of cloth formerly enclosed with this petition, see SC 8/302/15059
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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 553.
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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/C9518262/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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