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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Cutlers of London. Lords of parliament. [This petition is damaged]The cutlers of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/198/9889
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/198/9889
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1404]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Cutlers of London.
- Addressees
- Lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is damaged]The cutlers of London state that they have always used gold and silver in their work, and have had four Wardens chosen from among themselves to correct all faults in their craftsmanship; but that now the goldsmiths of London have made a false claim to the lords that the cutlers are making unsuitable work in gold and silver, with a view to having the oversight of the cutlers, which would be to their destruction. They ask the lords to aid them in preserving their right and franchises, so that they can enjoy them as their ancestors did, and that no charter might be granted to the contrary.
- Nature of endorsement
- Both the tenor of this petition and the tenor of the petition of the goldsmiths of London presented in this parliament, are to be sent by writ to the Mayor of London; and he is to have power by authority of parliament to summon before him both the people of the guild of goldsmiths of London and the people of the guild of cutlers; and when the evidences and usages which they have had and used, on both sides, in the said city from antiquity have been shown before the Mayor, and when an inquisition has taken place if necessary, the Mayor is to inform the King and his council in this present parliament without delay what he has found in this matter; so that our Lord the King, having had deliberation and advice on this with the lords spiritual and temporal in parliament, might do on this what seems best to him in this case.
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Goldsmiths of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Enrolled on the roll of the parliament of January 1404 (Rot. Parl. vol. III pp.536a-537a).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition from the goldsmiths of London, see SC 8/198/9885
For a related petition see SC 8/277/13825
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. III, Ric II and Hen IV, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.536a-537a (enrolment of petition on parliament roll, with a related petition from the goldsmiths and a record of process on these petitions)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295778/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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