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Merchants of Gascony. King and council. The merchants of Gascony state that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/202/10063
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This record is about the Merchants of Gascony. King and council. The merchants of Gascony state that they... dating from [? c. 1272-? c. 1307] 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 8/202/10063
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1272-? c. 1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of Gascony.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The merchants of Gascony state that they used to have in the town of Boston booths called 'the King's booths' where they used to store their wines, for which they used to pay 22 and a half marks; but that the bailiffs of the county have now put the price up to 45 marks, and they seize them to force them to pay this sum. They ask that they might either have these booths for the customary sum, or that they might be able to rent buildings elsewhere in the town, as the bailiffs are currently preventing them from using buildings they have rented elsewhere.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Deleted] The bailiffs are to come and answer.Coram rege.The bailiffs are to be ordered that they are to have the buildings in the town at the same price as they did previously, and if the buildings are enlarged or altered, then they are to pay more, according to the extent to which the building has been altered. And they are not to be compelled unwillingly by seizing [their goods (?)] contrary to justice, or charged, that is other than according to the quantity of their wines.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- Sein Botulf (Boston), [Lincolnshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated to the reign of Edward I on the basis of the hand and language.
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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/C9333619/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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