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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Officers of the Mint of the Tower of London. King and Council in Parliament. The...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/125/6230
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This record is about the Officers of the Mint of the Tower of London. King and Council in Parliament. The... dating from [1381] 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 8/125/6230
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1381]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Officers of the Mint of the Tower of London.
- Addressees
- King and Council in Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The Officers of the Mint complain of the lack of money being coined. They state that, because English money is stronger than foreign money, a great deal of English money is being taken abroad, and very little foreign bullion is coming into the realm. They ask that parliament consider a remedy, claiming that, if the situation is not addressed soon, most of the gold and silver coin of England will be lost from the realm.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the Warden, Master and other officers of the Mint be brought before the Lords of Parliament on the Saturday or Monday next, to give their advice and to name other people knowledgeable on this matter.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Scotland
- Calais, [France]
- Flanders.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1381 by its appearance among the petitions in parliament in Rot. Parl., vol. III, p. 126. See also C.D. Liddy, 'The Estate of Merchants in the Parliament of 1381', Historical Research, LXXIV (2001), pp. 331-345.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For what appears to form a record of a parliamentary committee set up to address this issue, and which may formerly have been attached to this petition see SC 8/146/7275
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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 5485
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), p.126 (full edition of petition and response)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208404/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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