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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Commonalty (commons) of the kingdom of England. King and council. The petitioners...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/109/5435
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This record is about the Commonalty (commons) of the kingdom of England. King and council. The petitioners... dating from [1319-1327] 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 8/109/5435
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1319-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Commonalty (commons) of the kingdom of England.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners complain of the suggestion made by the cappers of Fleet Street, London, in the king's parliament held at York at Michaelmas in his twelfth year [1318], that no capper make, and no merchant sell, hats made of wool mixed with flock, as a result of which the price of a hat has increased from 6d. to 10d., and they pray remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Bereford, Staunton and Toutheby are appointed to inquire into the matter.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Fleet Street, London
- Almain (Germany)
- York.
- People mentioned
- William de Bereford
- Hervey de Staunton
- Gilbert de Toutheby
- sheriffs of London
- mayor of London
- merchants of Germany
- cappers (hatmakers) (hoodmakers) of London.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related case concerning the engrossing of hats see C 49/5/21
For transcript, see no.34 of PRO 31/7/95
For a related petition see SC 8/91/4501
For a related petition, see SC 8/142/7086
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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 3233
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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/C9150009/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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