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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Weavers of York. King and council. Weavers of York The weavers of York state that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/238/11890A
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/238/11890A
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1342]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Weavers of York.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Weavers of York
- Nature of request
- The weavers of York state that Henry II granted to them by his charter that no-one in the county of Yorkshire should make striped or coloured cloth, except in York and certain other places of the King's demesne, and that for this they pay a certain sum. But the present King has granted to weavers from Brabant and other aliens living in York and in other places in the county that they shall be free of taxes and tallages, and other denizen weavers are also working in various places in the county, contrary to the charter: with the result that the petitioners are so poor that they cannot pay their farm. They ask that the franchise granted to the aliens might be repealed, and that a writ of fieri facias might be issued to all the weavers in the county by a new charter whenever their farm is in arrears, or that they might be discharged of their farm.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- York
- Yorkshire
- Brabant.
- People mentioned
- Henry [II], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Formerly enclosed with no.14861 of C 81/282, which is dated 3 May, 16 Edward III (1342).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a copy of the charter of the weavers of York, see SC 8/238/11890B
For instructions to the Chancellor to provide a suitable remedy for the petitioners, see no.14681 of C 81/282
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. VII, 1345-1348, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.199-200 (inspeximus and confirmation of this charter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335451/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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