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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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John Schymmelpenyn, merchant of the Hanse; Peter de Heymbach, merchant of the Hanse....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/305/15237
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This record is about the John Schymmelpenyn, merchant of the Hanse; Peter de Heymbach, merchant of the Hanse.... dating from [1404-1426] 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 8/305/15237
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1404-1426]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Schymmelpenyn, merchant of the Hanse; Peter de Heymbach, merchant of the Hanse.
- Name(s)
- Schymmelpenyn; de Heymbach, John; Peter
- Addressees
- Bishop of Winchester, chancellor.
- Occupation
- merchant of the Hanse
- Nature of request
- Schymmelpenyn and Heymbach request letters of safe-conduct for themselves and their two servants to and from Scotland to seek restitution for merchandises lost when a barge of Prussia, laden in Flanders by the petitioners and other merchants of the Hanse, was driven by storm to Scotland and wrecked and all its merchandises destroyed.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Prussia
- Flanders
- Scotland.
- People mentioned
- [Henry Beaufort], Bishop of Winchester, chancellor.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1404-5, 1413-17 or 1424-6 since it is addressed to the bishop of Winchester as chancellor.
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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/C9682449/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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