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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor, Aldermen and community of London. King and council. The Mayor, Aldermen and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/120/5981
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This record is about the Mayor, Aldermen and community of London. King and council. The Mayor, Aldermen and... dating from [1337] 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 8/120/5981
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1337]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor, Aldermen and community of London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The Mayor, Aldermen and community of London state that as a result of a statute made recently at York, foreigners buy and sell their merchandise in London at retail, contrary to their franchises. They ask that they might have and enjoy the franchises they have had from time immemorial, as the Great Charter requires.
- Nature of endorsement
- Because the Great Charter wishes the city of London to have all its franchises and free customs free and unimpaired, and the intention of our lord the King and of the prelates, earls and barons in each parliament has been and still is that the Great Charter should be upheld in all points, our said lord the King wills that his said citizens should have all their franchises and their free customs in their entirety, as they have had hitherto, notwithstanding the statute etc.
- Places mentioned
- London
- York.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1334-8 p.460 is dated 26 March 1337, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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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 4942
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. III, 1334-1338, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.460 (grant that the citizens of London should have all their liberties and free customs as contained in the Great Charter, notwithstanding the statute made at York that foreign merchants may buy and sell anywhere within the realm without disturbance)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150674/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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