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Merchants of the Bardi and the Peruzzi. King and council. The merchants of the Bardi...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/239/11941
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This record is about the Merchants of the Bardi and the Peruzzi. King and council. The merchants of the Bardi... dating from [1340-1341] 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 8/239/11941
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1340-1341]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of the Bardi and the Peruzzi.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The merchants of the Bardi and the Peruzzi state that when they King last went overseas they were granted certain assignments on the ninth in seven counties, and were charged with paying certain debts with this sum, as can be seen from an indenture made between them and the King on this. They ask that these assignments might be kept to and not delayed or interfered with, so that they can make the payments they have undertaken and maintain their estate and their credit. A list of assignments follows.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ is to be sent to the receivers of the ninth . . . . each county contained in this bill to make delivery to the merchants of . . . that their assignments show, and if they are obstructed in any way you are to have delivery made, notwithstanding any command made before now, or to be made.Item, a writ to the receivers of the said ninth in the county of Gloucestershire, whose receipts are assigned to the said merchants for the sustenance of the King's household, in the aforesaid manner.
- Places mentioned
- Lincoln archdeaconry
- Warwickshire
- Staffordshire
- Shropshire
- Leicestershire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For instructions to the Chancellor to give the petitioners their assignments in full, and the profits of the ninth in Gloucestershire, and further instructions on this matter, see nos. 13543 & 13577 of C 81/271
For another petition from the same companies, see no.16259 in C 81/298
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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 Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. V, 1339-1341, (Public Record Office, 1901), pp.592-593 (orders to the collectors of these sums to take them to the Tower of London to pay the merchants)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335505/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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