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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
Item
Commonalty. King and council. The commonalty request that only clerks who concern...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/80/3958
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This record is about the Commonalty. King and council. The commonalty request that only clerks who concern... dating from [c. 1325-c. 1375] 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 8/80/3958
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-c. 1375]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The commonalty request that only clerks who concern themselves with the points of trade are able to occupy the office of clerks of statute merchant and no other, and that they write and enrol the bonds by their own hands because great damage is done because the office is usually occupied by merchants or valets by gift of the king, who are often absent and appoint others to do the task, and know little of the rights of their office.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has no precise context, and is here dated impressionistically, on the basis of the hand, to the middle two quarters of the fourteenth century.
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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 3098
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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/C9107734/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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