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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants. King and Council. The merchants request remedy against the ulnagers, who...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/127/6305
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This record is about the Merchants. King and Council. The merchants request remedy against the ulnagers, who... dating from [c. 1320-c. 1350] 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 8/127/6305
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320-c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The merchants request remedy against the ulnagers, who they claim are making excessive demands and charges, to the great damage of their profit. They warn that the cloth trade will suffer, to their loss and that of the King's customs.
- Nature of endorsement
- Sue before the Treasurer and Barons of the Exchequer, and be heard there.Before the Great Council.
- Places mentioned
- Brabant
- Flanders.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to the period c.1320-c.1350 solely on the basis of the handwriting, although the endorsement referring to the council might suggest it was heard while the King was either not in control of the government, or absent from the realm. The duplicate of this petition at SC 8/124/6196 is endorsed 'merchants of London', but whether the present petition was also from London is uncertain.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a duplicate of this petition, differently endorsed, see SC 8/124/6196
For transcript, see no.22 of PRO 31/7/97
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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 5742
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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/C9208480/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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