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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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Wybert de la Clowere (Cloere), nephew and executor of Nicholas de Cantin, merchant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E932
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This record is about the Wybert de la Clowere (Cloere), nephew and executor of Nicholas de Cantin, merchant... dating from [c. 1295-c. 1315] 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 8/329/E932
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295-c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Wybert de la Clowere (Cloere), nephew and executor of Nicholas de Cantin, merchant of Douai.
- Name(s)
- Clowere (Cloere), Wybert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Clowere requests writs to make all the debtors who are alive and all the heirs and executors of those who are dead to come to the Exchequer to answer him so that he is able to recover the debts owed to Cantin and discharge Cantin's debts, he being good and loyal for 28 years or more of his merchandise.
- Nature of endorsement
- He should obtain justice by writ of debt in Chancery because at the Exchequer he is not able to plead for debt because it is against Magna Carta.
- Places mentioned
- Douai, [Artois, France].
- People mentioned
- Nicholas de Cantin, merchant of Douai.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1295-c. 1310 on the basis of the hand.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition from the same petitioner on a different matter, see SC 8/39/1945
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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/C9682927/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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