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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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Cordwainers of London. King and council. Request for a charter granting the cordwainers...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/209/10431
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/209/10431
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1377]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Cordwainers of London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Request for a charter granting the cordwainers the right to elect four men of the craft each year to appear before the mayor of London and make oath to rule the craft.
- Nature of endorsement
- It was agreed by the lords of parliament that the cordwainers should have their charter on the points contained in the petition; the charter was drawn up by Thomas Newenham, who gave the petition to the keeper of the rolls of chancery.
- Places mentioned
- London.
- People mentioned
- Thomas Newenham, clerk.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated in PROME, parliament of January 1377, Appendix no. 13.
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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)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of January 1377, Appendix no. 13 (summary of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9333988/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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