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Merchants of English cloth of Lynn and Boston. King. [The petition is badly damaged...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/175/8747
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This record is about the Merchants of English cloth of Lynn and Boston. King. [The petition is badly damaged... dating from [1330-1370] 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 8/175/8747
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1330-1370]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of English cloth of Lynn and Boston.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged and faded so that approximately half of the petition is illegible].The merchants request that cloth be sold in English measure . . . from each 100 clothes 4d and the forfeiture of all cloths . . . because alien tailors come and procure cloths by measure . . . to the great damage of the merchants.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should declare their request concerning the length . . .
- Places mentioned
- King's Lynn, [Norfolk]
- Boston, [Lincolnshire].
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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/C9294615/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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Merchants of English cloth of Lynn and Boston. King. [The petition is badly damaged...