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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
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Thomas de la Rokele, merchant of Norwich. Rokele Thomas King and council merchant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/70/3469
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This record is about the Thomas de la Rokele, merchant of Norwich. Rokele Thomas King and council merchant... dating from [c. 1328] 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 8/70/3469
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Thomas de la Rokele, merchant of Norwich.
- Name(s)
- Rokele, Thomas
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- merchant of Norwich
- Nature of request
- Rokele requests payment of a sum owing to him for wool lent by him to the king in Great Yarmouth, or that he have allowance of his own wool passing through the same port.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer, barons and chamberlains of the Exchequer that when they have viewed the letters mentioned by the petition, if they find that the debts are still due then they should make payment, allowance or assignment as quickly as they are able, receiving etc. and charging, etc.
- Places mentioned
- Norwich, [Norfolk]
- Great Yarmouth, [Norfolk].
- People mentioned
- John de Occle, customer of wool in the port of Great Yarmouth
- Robert de Drayton, customer of wool in the port of Great Yarmouth.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is likely to date to 1328 or shortly thereafter as the two collectors, Occle and Drayton only served together in Great Yarmouth from 15 June 1327 to 26 February 1328 (CFR 1327-37, pp.48, 83). The petition refers to them as 'adunc'', so that it must be after February 1328.
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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 6896
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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/C9107240/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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