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Commons of Yorkshire, Northumberland, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, Cheshire,...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/85/4211

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This record is about the Commons of Yorkshire, Northumberland, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, Cheshire,... dating from [1423] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/85/4211
Date
[1423]
Description
Petitioners
Commons of Yorkshire, Northumberland, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, the diocese of Durham, and all the parts of the north.
Addressees
King and lords of parliament.
Nature of request
The petitioners state that it was ordained at the king's last parliament that the Master of the Mint in the Tower of London would come to York, to coin the gold and silver of the country which was of defective weight, remaining there at the king's pleasure; but that he has now left again, leaving the people of the north to use defective coins, contrary to the ordinance made in the parliament of 9 Henry V. They ask that he might return to York to coin there, and that he might leave behind a suitable deputy, for whom he would be pleased to answer; and also that it might be ordained by statute that all coin of defective weight should be taken to York castle, to be newly coined there, before next Michaelmas; and that no coin of defective weight should then have validity, in their counties or elsewhere in the realm; and that this should be proclaimed throughout the realm.
Nature of endorsement
The response can be found on the roll.
Places mentioned
Yorkshire
Northumberland
Westmorland
Cumberland
Lancashire
Cheshire
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
Derbyshire
Durham diocese (County Durham)
Westminster
London
York.
People mentioned
[Henry V], King of England
Master of the Mint.
Note
This petition is enrolled on the roll of the parliament of October 1423 (Rot. Parl., vol. IV p.200a).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 8990
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148753/

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