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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
Tailors of London from Brabant and Flanders. King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/102/5061
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This record is about the Tailors of London from Brabant and Flanders. King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster.... dating from [c. 1378] 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 8/102/5061
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1378]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tailors of London from Brabant and Flanders.
- Addressees
- King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek confirmation of a charter from Edward III allowing them the right to practise their trade within the city of London. They state that the English tailors seek the repeal of the said charter in chancery, by reason of another charter to the effect that none others practise this trade in the city, for which they pay to the king and his heirs twenty marks each year, to which payment the foreign tailors have always made contribution, and that the English tailors pursue the petitioners from malice.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Brabant
- Flanders.
- People mentioned
- [John of Gaunt], King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster
- Edward III, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Notes on the guard date this petition to c. 1378, without references.
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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 1973
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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/C9149630/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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