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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of London. Lords in Parliament. The merchants request that they be allowed...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6253
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This record is about the Merchants of London. Lords in Parliament. The merchants request that they be allowed... dating from [? 1382] 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 8/126/6253
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1382]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of London.
- Addressees
- Lords in Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The merchants request that they be allowed to sell the sweet wine which they had purchased before the passing by the last Parliament of an ordinance forbidding the sale of such wine by retail.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This petition appears to be referring back to an ordinance against the sale of sweet wine passed in the November Parliament of 1381. Therefore presumably it was presented to the 1382 Parliament. The prohibition was to come into force on 24 June 1382.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a better copy of this petition see SC 8/121/6021
For transcript, see no.13 of PRO 31/7/109
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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 5523
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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.121 (ordinance against the selling of sweet wine)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208427/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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