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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of Bayonne. Council. The merchants of Bayonne state that Michael Miniot,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/285/14240
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This record is about the Merchants of Bayonne. Council. The merchants of Bayonne state that Michael Miniot,... dating from [c. 1338] 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 8/285/14240
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1338]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of Bayonne.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Nature of request
- The merchants of Bayonne state that Michael Miniot, king's butler, took 202 tuns of good wine from them last Lent, at a value of £600 sterling or more, and that since then they have remained in England seeking payment, without success. They request swift payment, as they have run out of money and cannot remain in England any longer; and if they are not paid, the merchants of their country will cease to bring their merchandise to England.
- Nature of endorsement
- Michael Miniot is to be ordered to make the payment from the assignments that he has.
- Places mentioned
- Bayonne, [Gascony, France].
- People mentioned
- Michael Miniot (Mynout), king's butler.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CFR 1337-47 p.65 is dated 15 February 1338 and p.121 is dated 24 February 1339. This petition would therefore seem to date from around this period or shortly afterwards.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/287/14343
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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)
- Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. V, Edw III, 1337-1347, (Public Record Office, 1915), p.65 (order to be intendant to Michael Migniot, appointed chief butler) & p.121 (order to be intendant to Hugh de Ulseby, appointed chief butler)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682352/
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