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Maynard Melsing of Hamburg. Melsing Maynard Chancellor. Melsing requests a writ of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/335/15840

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This record is about the Maynard Melsing of Hamburg. Melsing Maynard Chancellor. Melsing requests a writ of... dating from [c. 1375-c. 1400] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/335/15840
Date
[c. 1375-c. 1400]
Description
Petitioners
Maynard Melsing of Hamburg.
Name(s)
Melsing, Maynard
Addressees
Chancellor.
Nature of request
Melsing requests a writ of response to the two letters concerning Lubeck and Hamburg which the King sent to the chancellor.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Hamburg, [Germany]
Lubeck, [Germany]
Windsor, [Hampshire].
Note
Dated impressionistically, on the basis of the hand and form, to the last quarter of the fourteenth century.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736224/

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