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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Not specified Lords of Parliament. The petitioners state that, according to a statute...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/128/6366
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This record is about the Not specified Lords of Parliament. The petitioners state that, according to a statute... dating from [1422] 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 8/128/6366
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1422]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Not specified
- Addressees
- Lords of Parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that, according to a statute of 14 Richard II, all merchants making exchanges in Rome or elsewhere were bound in Chancery to buy merchandise of the staple to the same value within three months. This period was extended to nine months by the last parliament, and the petitioners request that it be further extended to a period of one year.
- Nature of endorsement
- The response to this petition appears on the roll of the parliament held on the Monday before Martinmas in the first year of King Henry VI.
- Places mentioned
- Rome, [Italy].
- People mentioned
- Richard II, King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- As noted in the endorsement, this petition (presumably from the merchants, or the Commons on their behalf) was enrolled on the roll of the parliament of November 1422, along with the response (it was refused). The petition requests alterations to a statute designed to prevent letters of exchange from depleting the money supply.
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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 5912
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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. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.178b (no.37) (edition of petition and response, enrolled on the parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208543/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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