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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of London. King and Council. Merchants of London The merchants of London...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/220/10986
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/220/10986
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of London.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Occupation
- Merchants of London
- Nature of request
- The merchants of London who have had wool taken from them to Dordrecht and Middelburg make two initial requests to the king, seeking remedy regarding wool taken from them by Conduyt and de la Pole without warrant, and concerning payment for this wool, as Conduit and Pole were paying them 40s per sarpler whereas the king had promised 40s per sack.The merchants also ask the king and council that they may have restitution for the wool taken from them as soon as possible, as they have nothing else with which to sustain themselves and their families.[There then follows a long list of merchants, the amounts of wool taken from them, and its value.]They also complain about the expenses incurred by them in transporting their wool to Dordrecht and Middelburg.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- London
- Durdraghe (Dordrecht), [Netherlands]
- Middelburg, [Netherlands].
- People mentioned
- Reginald del Conduyt (Conduit)
- John de la Pole
- Henry Coumartyn
- William de Brikelesworth
- Walter de Mordon
- William Haunsard
- Henry Wymond
- William Box
- Thomas Broun
- Richard Asselyn
- Edmund de Saunford
- Thomas atte Vyme
- Roger atte Ponde
- Ralph de Halsted
- John Joye the elder
- John le Hurer
- John Joye the younger
- Richard de Staundon
- John Hoselond
- John Godeston
- Henry de Preston
- John de Kent
- Nicholas Houtoft
- Roger Astwod
- John de Kiselyngburi
- Walter Paterlyng
- Thomas Sharnebrok
- Simon de Wymondham
- William de Rothyngg
- John Froille
- Herman Skippere
- Robert de Manhale
- Ellis Mussh
- William Darnel
- Thomas le Brewere
- Maurice Turgys
- John atte Burne
- Richard Asselyn
- Ralph de Chedynton
- Thomas [de Chedynton]
- John de Stonton
- John de Grantham
- John de Oxenford (Oxford)
- Richard de Hakeneye (Hackney).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by E.B. Fryde, 'William de la Pole, Merchant and King's Banker' (London, 1988), p.157 to some point after March 1340, since the petition appears to refer to a loan levied from London in that month. The petition relates to the activities of the king's agents during the wool scheme of 1337-8, and was almost certainly produced at the time of, and in connection with, the prosecution of William de la Pole in 1340-1.
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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/C9334545/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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