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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 Abbeville. King. Merchants of Abbeville [This petition is hard to read]...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/287/14303
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/287/14303
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1290-1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of Abbeville.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Merchants of Abbeville
- Nature of request
- [This petition is hard to read] The merchants of Abbeville state that their goods have been arrested at Newcastle upon Tyne, at the king's command, as they are given to understand, but they do not know why. They ask why this has been done, and ask that, if it is for the actions of others, they should not pay for it, as the statute forbids this, and their goods will perish if they do not have a swift remedy. They request a remedy and justice, for God and for the soul of the queen. There follows a list of the goods taken.
- Nature of endorsement
- Coram rege.The lord King has spoken his will concerning the contents of the petition to the Chancellor; therefore they are to go to the Chancellor, and he will do as he has been ordered etc.
- Places mentioned
- Abbeville, [Picardy, France]
- Newcastle upon Tyne, [Northumberland].
- People mentioned
- [Eleanor of Castile], Queen of England
- Michael (Michel) Pisel, burgess of Abbeville
- John Lorneyl (?), burgess of Abbeville
- Michael (Michel) Basyn, burgess of Abbeville.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable to the reign of Edward I, after the death of Eleanor of Castile, with reference to the request 'for the sake of the queen's soul'.
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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/C9735463/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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