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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of the Realm. King and Parliament. The greater part of the merchants of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/126/6269
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This record is about the Merchants of the Realm. King and Parliament. The greater part of the merchants of... dating from [1349-1356] 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 8/126/6269
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1349-1356]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of the Realm.
- Addressees
- King and Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The greater part of the merchants of the realm, for themselves and their companions, request that payment be made to them for sums taken by the King in his twenty-second year, while his host was at Sandwich preparing to cross to Flanders. An extra charge of 2 marks upon each sack of wool, hides and wool-fells had been imposed, with letters issued to the merchants promising repayment, but this has not yet occurred.
- Nature of endorsement
- Sue to the Treasurer for payment.
- Places mentioned
- Sandwich, [Kent]
- Flanders.
- People mentioned
- Walter de Chyryngton (Chirington), farmer of the customs.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition presumably dates to between 28 August 1349, when the customs on wool were granted to Chyryngton and two others, and 1356, by when they had been taken back into the king's hands (CCR 1349-54, pp.99-100; CCR 1354-60, p.291).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition on this matter see SC 8/127/6341
For another petition involving Chyryngton, see SC 8/79/3907
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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 5566
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208443/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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