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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Robert Sherwynd, mercer of London. Sherwynd Robert King. mercer of London [This petition...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/141/7044
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This record is about the Robert Sherwynd, mercer of London. Sherwynd Robert King. mercer of London [This petition... dating from [1405] 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 8/141/7044
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1405]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Sherwynd, mercer of London.
- Name(s)
- Sherwynd, Robert
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- mercer of London
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged.] Robert Sherwynd, mercer of London, states that he became pledge and mainpernor [for Thomas Stanle, late Treasurer of Calais, for £500] for the purveyance of victuals for the town in the time of Richard II, for which he had a tally to the then collectors of customs at Southampton, [to ship a certain quantity of wools] in the ports of Southampton, Chichester [and Ipswich, quit of subsidy]. He requests the King's letters patent to do this.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Calais, [France]
- Southampton, [Hampshire]
- Chichester, [Sussex]
- [Ipswich, Suffolk].
- People mentioned
- Richard II, King of England
- William Audele, collector of customs at Southampton
- Henry Somer, collector of customs at Southampton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1405-8 p.17 is dated 24 April 1405, and would seem to be in response to this petition.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. III, 1405-1408, (Public Record Office, 1907), p.17 (grant to the petitioner that he may ship wools quit of subsidy to the sum of £200)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209181/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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