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Walter Tourk (Turk), Keeper of the Exchanges of London and Canterbury. Tourk (Turk)...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/144/7199

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Reference
SC 8/144/7199
Date
[1327-1330]
Description
Petitioners
Walter Tourk (Turk), Keeper of the Exchanges of London and Canterbury.
Name(s)
Tourk (Turk), Walter
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Keeper of the Exchanges of London and Canterbury
Nature of request
Walter Tourk, Keeper of the Exchanges of London and Canterbury, states that for various reasons the exchanges are ruined and destroyed, as he has shown to previous parliaments and councils to the best of his ability, and asks that good people of the council might be appointed to hear these faults and correct them; and he asks that he might be discharged and not reappointed.
Nature of endorsement
This petition is to be delivered to the Chancellor and Treasurer, so that, when they have summoned the justices and other wise and great men of the land, and when they have called the Keeper before them and heard his arguments, they are to have a swift and suitable remedy ordained for the things contained in this petition; for it seems to the council that it is necessary and demands speed.
Places mentioned
London
Canterbury, [Kent].
Note
CFR 1327-37 p.2 is dated 3 February 1327 and CFR 1327-37 p.211 is dated 20 December 1330. This petition must fall between these two dates, and more probably towards 1330.
Related material

For another petition from the same petitioner, see SC 8/76/3751

For transcript, see no.57 of PRO 31/7/96

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. IV, Edw III, 1327-1337, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.2 (commitment of the keeping of the exchanges of London and Canterbury to Walter Tourk) & p.211 (commitment of the keeping of the exchanges of London and Canterbury to John de Wyndesore)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209380/

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