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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John de Topclif (Topcliffe), merchant of York. de Topclif (Topcliffe) John Chancellor....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/302/15091
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This record is about the John de Topclif (Topcliffe), merchant of York. de Topclif (Topcliffe) John Chancellor.... dating from [c. 1385] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/302/15091
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1385]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Topclif (Topcliffe), merchant of York.
- Name(s)
- de Topclif (Topcliffe), John
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- merchant of York
- Nature of request
- Topclif requests that a prohibition is granted to Sutton and the constables and company of the staple of Calais and to other parties pursuing him to cease their plea against Topclif which has seen his goods arrested and detained for a long time since at the last parliament at Westminster it was ordained that the staple be removed to England and his goods are of the York Staple.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- York
- Westminster
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- Richard [de] Awen, merchant of York
- William [de Awen], merchant of York, and son of Richard de Awen
- Robert de Sutton, late mayor of the staple of Calais
- William de Agland, late merchant of the staple.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1385 as it is probable that the petition arises out of the decision of the October parliament of 1385 to return the staple to England (Rot. Parl., vol. III, p.204b).
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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 419.
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.204b (agreement in parliament to the return of the staple to England)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518295/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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