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Mayor and community of Bristol. King and council. [This petition is damaged.]The...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/238/11863

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This record is about the Mayor and community of Bristol. King and council. [This petition is damaged.]The... dating from [1321] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/238/11863
Date
[1321]
Description
Petitioners
Mayor and community of Bristol.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[This petition is damaged.]The Mayor and community of Bristol state that the vintners of the Duchy of Guyenne have lately purchased the King's letters patent granting them the right to buy and sell their wines both to aliens and denizens, which is contrary to the franchises of Bristol, granted by the King's ancestors, and will prevent them from paying tallages or contributions to the King in future. They ask that they might have and enjoy their franchise as they did in times past.
Nature of endorsement
[None]
Places mentioned
Bristol
Guyenne, [France].
People mentioned
Vintners of the Duchy of Guyenne
[Edward I], King of England.
Note
Formerly enclosed with CCW 1244-1326 p.586 which is dated 6 March, and which can be dated to 1321 (a note on the dorse explains that 1321 is the only year in which the Bishop of Norwich was Chancellor and the Bishop of Exeter Treasurer, and documents were dated at Windsor on March 6).CPR 1317-21 p.355 is dated 24 June 1319.The confirmation at CChR 1300-26, p.438 was issue on 17 February 1322.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.586 (mandate to the Chancellor and Treasurer to call the council, examine the petition and the charters of Bristol, and to advise the King on what he should do)
  • Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. III, Edw I and Edw II, 1300-1326, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.438 (inspeximus and confirmation of charter of 28 March 1300, itself confirming various earlier charters to the burgesses of Bristol)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. III, 1317-1321, (Public Record Office, 1903), p.355 (licence for vintners of Gascony to carry their wines from London and Bristol to the King)
Record URL
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