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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
Item
? No Petitioner named Copy of an agreement between the king, chancellor and treasurer...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/39/1947B
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This record is about the ? No Petitioner named Copy of an agreement between the king, chancellor and treasurer... dating from [1343] 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 8/39/1947B
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1343]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- ? No Petitioner named
- Nature of request
- Copy of an agreement between the king, chancellor and treasurer on the one part and Sircos and his companions on the other that Sircos will show the king the best way to make gold and silver coin, and if this council is better than any other, Sircos and his companions will be granted that they will be receivers of all gold and silver brought to work, and that they will be chief makers of all the money if they behave well.
- Nature of endorsement
- It seems to the council that . . . if it pleases the king.
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England
- Robert Pervenke (Parving), Chancellor
- William de Cusaunce (Cusance), Treasurer
- Peter Sircos, Master coiner.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The agreement dates to 20 June 1343 as the enrolled copy of this agreement in the close rolls is dated to this, though the clause is missing from this particular record.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the petition to which this agreement was originally attached see SC 8/39/1947A
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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 1724;Chancery Diplomatic Documents no.879
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062151/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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