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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty of Bayonne. King of England, Duke of Guyenne. [This petition is badly...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/337/15931
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This record is about the Commonalty of Bayonne. King of England, Duke of Guyenne. [This petition is badly... dating from [? 1334] 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 8/337/15931
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1334]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty of Bayonne.
- Addressees
- King of England, Duke of Guyenne.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly worn and faded, and parts are illegible.]The people of Bayonne request letters be issued in the form given, allowing that merchants trading in France, Flanders and elsewhere who are driven to England by bad weather should not pay customs except on any goods sold in England.
- Nature of endorsement
- The council agree that a patent be issued according to the form of the enclosed writ, if it pleases the chancellor.
- Places mentioned
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France]
- Guyenne, [France]
- Flanders
- France.
- People mentioned
- Richard de la Pole.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A mandate in the terms requested in this petition was issued on 3 March 1334, and may be in response to this petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For what appear to be further requests submitted with this petition, see SC 8/337/15932
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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 and Latin
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.526 (mandate seemingly in the requested terms, possibly in response to this petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529683/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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