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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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John Keyser, merchant of Newark. Keyser John King. merchant of Newark Keyser requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/120/5954
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This record is about the John Keyser, merchant of Newark. Keyser John King. merchant of Newark Keyser requests... dating from [1328] 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 8/120/5954
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1328]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Keyser, merchant of Newark.
- Name(s)
- Keyser, John
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- merchant of Newark
- Nature of request
- Keyser requests that letters be addressed to the collectors of the customs in Newark where Keyser exports his wool and other merchandises from to make allowance for the first custom that he should pay there against a sum of money in which the king is bound to him by letters obligatory.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered by writ of Chancery to the collectors of the customs in the same place that when they have viewed the letters patent, if they find that the sum is owed to him then he should have an allowance in the custom of wool, hides and woolfells that he exports from there, receiving the letters patent and his letters of acquittance etc.
- Places mentioned
- Newark on Trent, [Nottinghamshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1328 when the collectors of the customs in Boston were ordered to make allowance to the petitioner in accordance with his request (CCR 1327-30, p.331).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.158 of PRO 31/7/134
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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 4688
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.331 (order to the collectors of the customs to make allowance in accordance with the request)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150647/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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