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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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Robert Person, merchant of London. Person Robert King and council. merchant of London...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/172/8554
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This record is about the Robert Person, merchant of London. Person Robert King and council. merchant of London... dating from [1327] 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 8/172/8554
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Robert Person, merchant of London.
- Name(s)
- Person, Robert
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- merchant of London
- Nature of request
- Person requests payment of the remainder of the sum in which the king is bound to him for money that the petitioner paid into the Exchequer for the king's use, or that he is satisfied in another manner, as the king ordered payment form the customs of London, but he has only received a portion of this.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer that they view the petitioner's letters obligatory and if they find that payments are in arrears they are to make payment from the customs of London according to his letters.
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Walter de Norwic (Norwich).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1327 as the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer were ordered to pay the remainder of the sum due to the petitioner (CCR 1327-30, p.22).
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.22 (order to cause the petitioner to be paid the remainder)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294419/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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