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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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John de Hales, Merchant of Norwich and late collector of the customs. de Hales John...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/50/2484
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This record is about the John de Hales, Merchant of Norwich and late collector of the customs. de Hales John... dating from [1337] 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 8/50/2484
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John de Hales, Merchant of Norwich and late collector of the customs.
- Name(s)
- de Hales, John
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Merchant of Norwich and late collector of the customs
- Nature of request
- Hales requests that a debt that he is charged with together with But for the time when they were customers in Norwich be allowed against a debt for cloth that the late king owed to him as appears by a bill sealed by the late treasurer of the Wardrobe.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they view the bill of which the petition makes mention, and if they find that the debt is still due to Hales they are to make allowance of the debt in the debts that he owes to the king
- Places mentioned
- Norwich, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- William But, late customer of the town of Norwich
- Roger de Northbourgh (Northburgh), late Treasurer of the Wardobe.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition can be conclusively dated to 1337 as a writ was issued to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer in accordance with the response to the petition on 12 March 1337 (CCR 1337-9, pp.41-2).
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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 4149
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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. IV, 1337-1339, (Public Record Office, 1900), pp.41-2 (writ to the treasurer and barons in accordance with the response to the petition, but misreading cloth for bread)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062698/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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