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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 Bazas who bring their merchandise to London. King and council. Merchants...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/339/15959
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This record is about the Merchants of Bazas who bring their merchandise to London. King and council. Merchants... dating from [c. 1330-c. 1340] 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 8/339/15959
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330-c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of Bazas who bring their merchandise to London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Merchants of Bazas who bring their merchandise to London
- Nature of request
- The merchants of Bazas who bring their merchandise to London state that the peace was cried and publicly proclaimed in Bordeaux, between the king and the king of France, and that all manner of people and merchants could safely travel to England and elsewhere with their goods and merchandise. As a result the petitioners came to London under the king's safeguard and protection, but now the mayor and sheriffs of London, by virtue of a command from Chancery, have seized their goods and merchandise and forbidden payment of debts due to them. They ask that their goods and merchandise might be released, and the king's proclamation maintained and upheld. They ask that their goods and merchandise might be released, and the king's proclamation maintained and upheld.
- Nature of endorsement
- The town of Bazas was of the enmity of our lord the king, and has been conquered by force of war. For this reason the king considers the goods and chattels of the people of the said town as forfeit to him.
- Places mentioned
- Bazas, [Guyenne, France]
- London
- Bordeaux, [Guyenne, France]
- France.
- People mentioned
- King of France.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand. It could perhaps be as late as 1353 (see m.6 and m.2 of C 61/65 for evidence that Bazas has recently come into the king's obedience), but the hand would seem to suggest that this is unlikely.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a possibly related document, see m.6 & m.2 of C 61/65
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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/C9736440/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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