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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 diverse parts of England. Commons in parliament. The merchants state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/25/1226
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This record is about the Merchants of diverse parts of England. Commons in parliament. The merchants state... dating from [1429] 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 8/25/1226
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1429]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of diverse parts of England.
- Addressees
- Commons in parliament.
- Nature of request
- The merchants state that from time out of mind lambs' wool, shorling and scalding have been accustomed to pass under poundage paid to the customers of the king when poundage has been granted, for which poundage the customers answered at the Exchequer, and were acquitted of the same. Now many customers have been surcharged in their accounts for the great custom of wools and subsidies notwithstanding the poundage paid to the customers, and the customers are seeking to recover the sums from the merchants to their ruin. They request that the king consider the situation as the great custom and the subsidy exceeds the value of the merchandise if it is charged in the form of wool or wool-fell, and that such merchandise should not be included under the great custom or subsidy, and the customers be quit of such sums both beforehand and in the future.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king is to be advised.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1429 by the heading in Rot. Parl. IV, p.335 where it is noted that the petition comes from the parliament held at Westminster in the morrow of the feast of St Matthew the Apostle, 8 Hen. VI (September 1429).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 5427
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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)
- English
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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.352 (no.xvi) (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061399/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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