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Taverners of London. Treasurer and Council. The Taverners of London ask that they...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/124/6166

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This record is about the Taverners of London. Treasurer and Council. The Taverners of London ask that they... dating from [? c. 1321] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/124/6166
Date
[? c. 1321]
Description
Petitioners
Taverners of London.
Addressees
Treasurer and Council.
Nature of request
The Taverners of London ask that they be allowed to increase the selling price of certain wines, as the merchants of Gascony have raised their prices.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
London
Gascony, [France].
Note
Calendar of London Letter Books, E, p.141 contains a record, dated 18 May 1321, of a petition presented by the London taverners relating to this issue. That entry is far more detailed than the present petition, but the details in this petition appear consistent with that record, and the two documents may well relate to the same matter, if not the same petition, and may well represent different stages in the same process.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5337
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208336/

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