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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchant of the Bardi. [King]. [Petition in three parts].1) The merchants ask the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/340/16043
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This record is about the Merchant of the Bardi. [King]. [Petition in three parts].1) The merchants ask the... dating from [? 1317] 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 8/340/16043
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1317]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchant of the Bardi.
- Addressees
- [King].
- Nature of request
- [Petition in three parts].1) The merchants ask the king to order the chancellor or his lieutenant, by his letters, to make four letters close to the king of France, Charles de Valois, Louis, comte de Anjou, and to . . ., recommending the company of the Bardi and their goods to them, and asking them to make sure that no-one harasses them.2) [This part is largely illegible]. Letters are requested to the chancellor that he will make . . . writs of the Exchequer to . . .3) Letters are requested to the chancellor or his lieutenant to issue a writ to the Treasurer . . . to pay them 13000 [marks], according to the form of their letters obligatory, and to give them writs of assignment to the bishops, as far as pertains . . .
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- People mentioned
- King of France
- Charles de Valoise (Valois)
- Louis, Comte de Dengeus (Anjou?).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Possibly formerly enclosed with CCW 1244-1326 p.475, which is dated 4 August 1317. CPR 1317-21 p.55 is dated 4 November 1317.
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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)
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- Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.475 (instructions to give the petitioners a remedy)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.55 (grant of 3000 marks to the Bardi, and that they shall receive payment for their loan out of the tenth granted by the clergy)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736524/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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