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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Liege people of England and Gascony who have been robbed by the people of Flanders....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/285/14227
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This record is about the Liege people of England and Gascony who have been robbed by the people of Flanders.... dating from [? c. 1315-? c. 1335] 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 8/285/14227
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1315-? c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Liege people of England and Gascony who have been robbed by the people of Flanders.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The king's liege people of England and Gascony who have been feloniously robbed by the people of Flanders, on land and sea within the king's realm and lordship, by their common assent and without declaration of war, as is contained in the process for arrests granted to them in full parliament, state that the Count of Flanders has often promised to redress these wrongs, as is contained in his indenture (?) to the king, but that he has done nothing, so that they are greatly delayed. They therefore request execution of these arrests without more delay. And they ask the king to charge his council and order his sergeants to uphold these things, to the king's honour and his people's profit.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Flanders.
- People mentioned
- Count of Flanders.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and the language.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682339/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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