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Commonalty of Wiltshire. King and council. The commonalty request an inquisition...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/78/3900

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This record is about the Commonalty of Wiltshire. King and council. The commonalty request an inquisition... dating from [? 1332] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/78/3900
Date
[? 1332]
Description
Petitioners
Commonalty of Wiltshire.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The commonalty request an inquisition to examine whether it is to the greater profit of the king if the wool staple is established at Southampton rather than Winchester.1)
Nature of endorsement
Coram rege et magno consilio.2) Because the staple was established at Winchester by common counsel let it remain there.
Places mentioned
Wiltshire
Winchester, [Hampshire]
Southampton [Hampshire].
Note
The petition dates to c.1332 as it is probably a response to the ordinance ordered to be published on 16 September 1332, rather than relating to the earlier establishment of a staple at Winchester between 1326 and 1328 (CPR 1330-4, pp.362-3).
Related material

For a petition defending the location of the staples see SC 8/64/3196

For another petition complaining of the location of the staple see SC 8/32/1579

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8465
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), pp.362-3 (establishment of staple at Winchester)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107676/

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