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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of Spain. King. The merchants of Spain state that they have been used to...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/283/14137
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This record is about the Merchants of Spain. King. The merchants of Spain state that they have been used to... dating from [? c. 1300-? c. 1325] 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 8/283/14137
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1300-? c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of Spain.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The merchants of Spain state that they have been used to come with their merchandise to Abbeville and complain that the Mayor and echevins of Abbeville are in various ways giving them inferior treatment and imposing unheard of conditions upon them, to their great harm. They ask the king to order the Mayor and echevins to remove these usages, and to treat them according to justice and reason, and they also ask him to take them into his safekeeping.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Mayor and echevins are to be ordered to treat the Spanish merchants who are with them favourably.
- Places mentioned
- Spain
- Abbeville, [Picardy, France]
- Arras, [Picardy, France]
- Amiens, [Picardy, France].
- People mentioned
- Mayor and echevins of Abbeville.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated according to the hand and language. CPR 1313-17 p.34, dated 6 November 1313, is a safe-conduct for various merchants of Spain, who have withdrawn themselves from Abbeville because of arrests made against them: arrests are not mentioned here, but the matter may be related.
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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
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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)
- Lettres des rois, reines et autres personages des cours de France et d'Angleterre depuis Louis VII jusqu'a Henri IV tirees des archives de Londres par Brequigny, vol. II (1301-1515), ed. M. Champollion-Figeac, (, 1847), no.40 (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682248/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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