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Peter Circos (Sircos), Master coiner. Circos (Sircos) Peter King and council. Circos...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/39/1947A

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Reference
SC 8/39/1947A
Date
[c. 1343]
Description
Petitioners
Peter Circos (Sircos), Master coiner.
Name(s)
Circos (Sircos), Peter
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
Circos complains of the quality of the coins in the country and requests that this is redressed and that the export of good coin and the import of bad coin be stopped. He also requests that there be no other master coiners than him and his companions.
Nature of endorsement
[None: the response to this petition is endorsed on the agreement that was appended to this petition which survives as SC 8/39/1947B].
Note
The petition cannot be before 1343 by reference to SC 8/39/1947B, to which this was attached.
Related material

For the document originally enclosed with this petition see SC 8/39/1947B

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1723
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062150/

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