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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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? petitioner name(s) illegible Commons in parliament It is stated that in other countries...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/26/1284
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This record is about the ? petitioner name(s) illegible Commons in parliament It is stated that in other countries... dating from [1433] 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 8/26/1284
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1433]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? petitioner name(s) illegible
- Addressees
- Commons in parliament
- Nature of request
- It is stated that in other countries no man becomes a broker unless he was born there, but in England many aliens of many countries act as brokers, though many are banned in their own country for falsehoods, but here as brokers have made many dishonest bargains and usurious loans and many other acts to the prejudice and damage of the king and the impoverishment of the commons of the realm. They request that the commons request from the kings and the lords spiritual and temporal that they ordain that from this time forward that no alien be a broker or use the office of broker within the realm upon pain of £12 to be raised in the Exchequer.
- Nature of endorsement
- No endorsement.
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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 740
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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.449b (no.x) (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061459/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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