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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Cotes, Merchant; John de Cotes, Merchant. de Cotes; de Cotes William;...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2009
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This record is about the William de Cotes, Merchant; John de Cotes, Merchant. de Cotes; de Cotes William;... dating from [c. 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/41/2009
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Cotes, Merchant; John de Cotes, Merchant.
- Name(s)
- de Cotes; de Cotes, William; John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Places mentioned
- Kingston upon Hull, [East Riding of Yorkshire].
- Nature of request
- The petitioners show that the customers of Hull received a certain sum as a loan to the use of the king, and they do not have letters of the coket to witness this loan as other merchants have. They request remedy that justice be done to them as it has been for other merchants of their condition.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to those who were collectors that if the petitioners loaned the sum to the king as the petition alleges, then they should make letters of the coket in due form and a sicut alias, and the process is to be continued further.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition refers to the first year of the reign of Edward III, though the petition is certainly later. It probably dates to a similar date as a writ to the treasurer and barons concerning another debt due to the petitioners which was issued on 20 December 1330 (CCR 1330-3, p.87).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by one of the petitioners on a different matter see SC 8/41/2010
For a related petition see SC 8/100/4982
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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 1343
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.87 (writ to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer for what appears to be another sum lent by the two to the king)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062214/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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