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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Brent, merchant; William Seyrman, merchant; Thomas Warmuster (Warminster),...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/164/8176
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/164/8176
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1402]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Brent, merchant; William Seyrman, merchant; Thomas Warmuster (Warminster), merchant; Walter Gylbord, merchant; Walter Knappe, merchant; Thomas Balby, merchant; John Whyt (White), merchant; Thomas Arthur, merchant; William Bonevyll (Bonneville), merchant; William Spark, merchant; William Yong (Young), merchant.
- Name(s)
- Brent; Seyrman; Warmuster (Warminster); Gylbord; Knappe; Balby; Whyt (White); Arthur; Bonevyll (Bonneville); Spark; Yong (Young), William; William; Thomas; Walter; Walter; Thomas; John; Thomas; William; William; William
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- merchant
- Nature of request
- Brent, Seyrman, Warmuster, Gylbord, Knappe, Balby, Whyt, Arthur, Bonevyll, Spark and Yong, merchants, bought hides at Limerick and loaded their ships with the said merchandises to go to the King's staple to pay their custom and cocket when, because of a great storm on the sea and fear of their enemies, they arrived in Bristol and unloaded their merchandises and sold part of them, because of which the king's customs officers arrested the remainder of their merchandises, notwithstanding the statutes of Edward III and Richard II to the contrary. The said merchants request that the king ordain that the said merchandises be released and that the merchants with their remaining merchandises can go freely without paying custom or cocket according to the purport of the said statutes.
- Nature of endorsement
- On 27 September 1402, it was agreed by the council that a writ under the great seal would be sent to the collectors of the custom and subsidy in the ports of Bristol that the merchandises of the petitioners which were arrested as this petition mentions be released and the same petitioners go without custom or subsidy other than is contained in the statute with sufficient surety for the transport of the said merchandise elsewhere than at the staple of Calais according to the form of the statute, and that the aforesaid collectors take the said surety before them under their seals openly certified in Chancery.Taken by the council: the chancellor; treasurer; bishop of Hereford; keeper of the privy seal; John Scarle; John Prophete.
- Places mentioned
- Limerick, [County Limerick], Ireland
- Bristol
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- Edward III, King of England
- Richard II, King of England
- Chancellor
- treasurer
- bishop of Hereford
- keeper of the privy seal
- John Scarle
- John Prophete (Prophet).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The endorsement is dated 1402.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294021/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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