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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants. King and Council. The merchants seek remedy, stating that when the King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/127/6341
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This record is about the Merchants. King and Council. The merchants seek remedy, stating that when the King... dating from [1348-1377] 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 8/127/6341
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1348-1377]
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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 seek remedy, stating that when the King was at Sandwich with his fleet in his twenty-second year (1348), he ordered that the merchants were to unload all wool from their ships and bring them to join the fleet, and also that they were to pay him an extra two marks for each sack above the usual custom. The merchants were promised repayment, and have been told in parliament to pursue this with the Treasurer, but nothing has yet been paid.
- Nature of endorsement
- Spaigne.Coram Rege.Before the magnates.
- Places mentioned
- Sandwich, [Kent].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to? c.1376, but no evidence given. The petition clearly dates to some point between the events recounted in 1348 and the death of Edward III in 1377. The reference to an earlier order made in parliament may refer to the response to the petition at SC 8/126/6269, which authorised the payment of these sums.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a duplicate of this petition see SC 8/128/6386
For another petition on this matter see SC 8/126/6269
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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 5805
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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/C9208518/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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