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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of dyes of Bristol. King and council. The merchants request remedy and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/171/8542
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/171/8542
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of dyes of Bristol.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The merchants request remedy and that they can have a charter of tin so that they can make their dyes as before. They used to buy tin in Devon and pay the king his coinage, customs and other dues, but now the dye makers of London have come with a charter of the king from his first year preventing them of making their dyes from pure metal and have taken their dyes from all markets and destroyed them.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let this petition be sent to the justices . . . [largely illegible as a consequence of a repair]
- Places mentioned
- Bristol
- Devon
- London.
- People mentioned
- Dye makers of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1327 because the petition refers to a charter made in the first year of the king's reign, and the petition appears to be of the beginning of Edward III reign.
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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/C9294407/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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