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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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Merchants of the town of Rochester. Chancellor. The merchants request letters of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/330/E976
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This record is about the Merchants of the town of Rochester. Chancellor. The merchants request letters of... dating from [c. 1420-c. 1440] 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 8/330/E976
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1420-c. 1440]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of the town of Rochester.
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- The merchants request letters of marque against all the pays of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland as they were granted letters of marque against the towns of Amsterdam and Hoorn which they have tried diligently to execute, but have difficulty because those of those towns do not come to England for fear.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Rochester, [Kent]
- Amsterdam, [Netherlands]
- Horne (Hoorn), [Netherlands], [Netherlands]
- Zeeland, [Netherlands]
- Holland, [Netherlands]
- Friesland, [Netherlands].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1420-c. 1440 based upon the hand.
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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/C9682971/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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