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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Common merchants and others. King and council. The merchants request that they be...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/79/3907
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This record is about the Common merchants and others. King and council. The merchants request that they be... dating from [1349-1356] 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 8/79/3907
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1349-1356]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Common merchants and others.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The merchants request that they be quit and discharged as reason demands as many of them have been obstructed in the Exchequer because they have been accused by Barry of bribing the farmers to accept the custom and subsidy for one sack of wool for one and a half sacks, and many are ruined despite their wool being weighed, customs paid and cocketed by those appointed to do so under the king's seal; and that those who have falsely accused them be duly punished.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [Picardy, France].
- People mentioned
- Richard Barry
- Walter de Chyryngton (Chirrington).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1349-1356 as the customs on wool were granted to Chirrington and two others on 28 August 1349, and the customs had been taken into the king's hand by 1356 (CCR 1349-54, p.99-100; CCR 1354-60, p.291). It would seem that Barry was one of Chirrington's mainpernors, and it may be that the trouble that Chirrington and his colleagues seem to have been in in the sums that they owed to the crown, and which the mainpernors were liable for were in Barry's mind. It is therefore possible that this petition is closer to 1356 in date. It is possible that the petition may be a little later, as a related petition is clearly c. 1362 (SC 8/79/3928)
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a later petition on the same matter see SC 8/79/3928
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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 5587
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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/C9107683/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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