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Poor merchants of the realm of England. King. Request that the collectors and controllers...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/110/5472

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This record is about the Poor merchants of the realm of England. King. Request that the collectors and controllers... dating from [1433] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/110/5472
Date
[1433]
Description
Petitioners
Poor merchants of the realm of England.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Request that the collectors and controllers of customs should be required to issues warrants of discharge on all manner of goods passing the ports.
Nature of endorsement
[On face:] Let it be sent to the lords.[On dorse:] [Detailed response, mostly illegible]
Note
Firmly datable to 1433 by reference to the enrolled version of the petition on the parliament roll of that year, Rot. Parl., vol. IV, p. 455.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3290
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), 455a-b (version of the petition on the parliament roll, with a different response)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150137/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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