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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Company of the Calais Staple. King and Parliament. The petitioners show that in the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/104/5173
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This record is about the Company of the Calais Staple. King and Parliament. The petitioners show that in the... dating from [1393] 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 8/104/5173
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1393]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Company of the Calais Staple.
- Addressees
- King and Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners show that in the parliament held at Westminster in 1391-2 they were ordered to stay in Calais, and after the 22 April 1393, also for the improvement of the town and its inhabitants as for the common profit of the realm, they were granted certain freedoms and liberties plainly contained in letters patent. For the advancement and prosperity of the town and the increase in the value of wool and other commodities of the realm etc., grant, ratify and confirm to the petitioners and their successors always, all freedoms and liberties comprised in the aforesaid letters patent. And order in this present parliament that all types of merchandise comprised in the said letters should return to Calais and nowhere else on pain of forfeiture, notwithstanding any other letters patent to the contrary, considering the great losses of customs and duties entering and leaving the town. They ask that the following articles should be confirmed in this present parliament:1) That the mayor of the staple (in the presence of the constables) receives bonds of the debts which merchants or others acknowledge, and the same bonds should be executed within the realm and in the town of Calais, in the form of the statute of the staple set in the time of the king's grandfather, year twenty-seven (1353), and that they have a seal for the same office.2) That they have control of the merchandise of strangers to the staple and that they inspect the same, and that they have the power to order brokers and other officers for the strangers' merchandise, as necessary etc., and that all such brokers should lodge in the said town and travelling buyers, as in ancient times.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Calais, [France]
- Westminster.
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England.
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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 2293
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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/C9149743/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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