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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
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Weavers of the city of York. King and council. The petitioners complain that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/108/5371
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This record is about the Weavers of the city of York. King and council. The petitioners complain that they... dating from [c. 1325-c. 1350] 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 8/108/5371
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1325-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Weavers of the city of York.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners complain that they owe a farm of £10 a year to the king but have been unable to maintain payments as a result of their poverty, and are now charged £171 by the exchequer. They request a pardon of the debt.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be shown to the king so that he may do grace upon the debt if it pleases him.
- Places mentioned
- York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- There is no firm context for the petition; it is here assigned tentatively to the second quarter of the fourteenth century on the basis of the hand and the French endorsement.
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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 2897
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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/C9149942/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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