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Mayor, bailiffs, burgesses and commonalty of Lancaster. King and Lords of the Council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/121/6012

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This record is about the Mayor, bailiffs, burgesses and commonalty of Lancaster. King and Lords of the Council.... dating from [1431-1432] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/121/6012
Date
[1431-1432]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor, bailiffs, burgesses and commonalty of Lancaster.
Addressees
King and Lords of the Council.
Nature of request
The petitioners request that the Mayor of Lancaster, together with a clerk, be allowed to take and record debts under the statute merchant. They claim that, since the officials of the town are currently unable to do this, merchants are not visiting the town for fear of being unable to secure payment of any debts, to the great damage of the town and its people.
Nature of endorsement
[on face] For the Bishop of Norwich, last day of June.[on dorse] Let it be done as requested.
Places mentioned
Lancaster, [Lancashire]
People mentioned
[William Alnwick], Bishop of Norwich.
Note
The rights requested here were granted on 12 May 1432 (CPR 1429-36, p.213), the first day of the 1432 parliament. However the endorsement, which mentions the Bishop of Norwich, is unlikely to date from after 25 February 1432, when Alnwick was dismissed as Keeper of the Privy Seal by the Duke of Gloucester (Alnwick did not return to the government until the following year, long after the grant was enrolled). Thus, given the address, the petition was probably presented to the Council the previous year (1431), with the formal grant being delayed until the opening of the next Parliament (the 1431 parliament had closed on 20 March).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5008
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen VI, vol. II, 1429-1436, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.213 (resultant grant allowing the mayor and a clerk under him to take and record all recognitions of debts under the statute merchant)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208178/

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