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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor, Bailiffs and community of Exeter King The Mayor, Bailiffs and community of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/30/1462
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This record is about the Mayor, Bailiffs and community of Exeter King The Mayor, Bailiffs and community of... dating from [1483] 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 8/30/1462
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1483]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, Bailiffs and community of Exeter
- Addressees
- King
- Nature of request
- The Mayor, Bailiffs and community of Exeter ask the king to annul his letters patent, creating a guild or fraternity in honour of St John the Baptist amongst the tailors of the city, as it has grown so large, unruly and powerful that it threatens the peaceful governance of the city.
- Nature of endorsement
- The commons have assented to this bill (on face).Let it be done as is desired (on dorse).
- Places mentioned
- Exeter, Devon
- People mentioned
- Merchants of Exeter
- Mercers of Exeter
- Drapers of Exeter
- Grocers of Exeter
- Tailors of Exeter
- Fraternity of St John the Baptist in Exeter
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament of January 22 Edward IV (1483) (Rot. Parl. vol. VI, pp.219b-220b).
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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 3203
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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. VI, Edw IV, Ric III and Hen VII, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.219b-220b (transcription of petition on parliament roll: text unmodified)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061655/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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