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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Italian merchants in London. Commons of parliament. The Italian merchants in London...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/199/9908
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This record is about the Italian merchants in London. Commons of parliament. The Italian merchants in London... dating from [1423] 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 8/199/9908
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1423]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Italian merchants in London.
- Addressees
- Commons of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The Italian merchants in London state that the grant of the subsidy made in the parliament of the first year of the King's reign was copied down wrong, so that it shows alien merchants to pay 53s. 4d. for every sack of wool, whereas they should only pay 43s. 4d.; and that because of this, the King granted that they should pay only 43s. 4d. for a year from 1 September in his first year. But this has now run out, and they are finding the charges on them too heavy to bear, and must cease buying wool and other merchandise in England, causing great loss of revenue to the King. They ask the commons to ask the King and lords to amend the enactment of the subsidy in the last parliament.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] Let it be sent to the lords.[On dorse] The answer is on the roll.
- Places mentioned
- Italy
- London
- Westminster
- Calais, [France].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Enrolled on the roll of the parliament of 1423 (Rot. Parl. vol. IV p.249a-b). The petition was granted, discharging alien merchants of the surplus subsidy for the rest of the term.
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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)
- English
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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. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.249a-b (transcription of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9295797/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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