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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor and Constables of the staple of Calais. Commons of parliament. The Mayor and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/290/14463
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This record is about the Mayor and Constables of the staple of Calais. Commons of parliament. The Mayor and... dating from [1432] 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 8/290/14463
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1432]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and Constables of the staple of Calais.
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The Mayor and Constables of the staple of Calais state that by the charters of the king's progenitors, confirmed by him, they have been granted power to take and record all recognisances of debts made before them by any persons; and, because it is unclear whether recognisances before mayors and constable overseas are as effectual in all points within the realm of England as recognisances made before the Mayor and Constables of the staple of Westminster, they ask the commons to ask the king, on the advice of the lords spiritual and temporal, to ordain by authority of parliament that all recgonisances of debts made before the Mayor and Constables of Calais should be as effectual and of as much force within the realm as recognisances made before the Mayor and Constables of the staple of Westminster, or before the Mayor and Constables of any other staple within the realm.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Let it be sent to the lords.[On dorse] None.
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France]
- Westminster.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament of 1432 (Rot. Parl. vol. IV p.401a), where it is clear that it is granted.
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.401a (enrolment of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735625/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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