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Robert Russell, merchant of Bristol. Russell Robert Bishop of Durham, Chancellor....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/302/15088

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This record is about the Robert Russell, merchant of Bristol. Russell Robert Bishop of Durham, Chancellor.... dating from 1418 in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/302/15088
Date
1418
Description
Petitioners
Robert Russell, merchant of Bristol.
Name(s)
Russell, Robert
Addressees
Bishop of Durham, Chancellor.
Occupation
merchant of Bristol
Nature of request
Russell requests that he can charge two ships with cloth and wine and other merchandise by his attorneys or deputies and take them to Ireland and sell them there, returning with various fish to sell in England.
Nature of endorsement
[The response is partly obscured by a repair].16 February, 6 [Henry V], it was agreed by the council that they make letters under the great seal to the petitioner according to the effect of the petition . . . taking the wine and merchandises to Ireland and not to other parts.
Places mentioned
Bristol
Ireland.
People mentioned
[Thomas Langley], Bishop of Durham, Chancellor.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen V, vol. II, 1416-1422, (Public Record Office, 1911), pp.121, 265 (grant of licence and mandate)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518292/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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