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Robert Lumle (Lumley); Thomas Wotton, draper of London. Lumle (Lumley); Wotton Robert;...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/302/15080

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This record is about the Robert Lumle (Lumley); Thomas Wotton, draper of London. Lumle (Lumley); Wotton Robert;... dating from [? c. 1396-? c. 1398] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/302/15080
Date
[? c. 1396-? c. 1398]
Description
Petitioners
Robert Lumle (Lumley); Thomas Wotton, draper of London.
Name(s)
Lumle (Lumley); Wotton, Robert; Thomas
Addressees
Chancellor.
Places mentioned
London.
Nature of request
Lumle and Wotton request the king's licence to export rabbit pelts and cheese paying the customs due.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Note
The petition is dated to? c. 1396-? c 1398 on the basis of the guard note that links the dating to an unrelated reference to Thomas Wotton, one of the petitioners, dating to 1398, though there is an earlier reference probably to the same individual referred to in 1396 (Calendar of Letter-Books preserved among the Archives of the Corporation of the City of London at the Guildhall. Letter-Book H. Circa A.D. 1375-1399, ed. R.R. Sharpe (London, 1907), pp.424 & 431).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518284/

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