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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Goldsmiths of London. King and council. [This petition is badly damaged, and the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/256/12793
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This record is about the Goldsmiths of London. King and council. [This petition is badly damaged, and the... dating from [? c. 1310-? c. 1335] 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 8/256/12793
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1310-? c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Goldsmiths of London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged, and the latter part largely illegible.]The goldsmiths of London make four (?) complaints, for the benefit of the King and the realm:1) They state that merchants arriving in this country used to bring silver plate, to exchange for coin of the realm, but that they now bring counterfeit sterling coins, through which the goldsmiths are losing money.2) They state that it was ordained that the goldsmiths should have their shops in the high road in Cheap and that no silver plate or vessels of gold or silver should be sold except there or at the King's exchange, but that because no penalty is ordained against those who contravene this, and no-one is appointed to see that this is done, many goldsmiths have set up shop elsewhere, where the quality of their workmanship cannot be guaranteed.3) They state that the goldsmiths who work in these vennels and back-streets are producing faulty work, and deceiving those who buy it.4) They state that these goldsmiths are selling as silver goods not made from pure silver.
- Nature of endorsement
- . . . what is demanded by the petition by the advice of . . .
- Places mentioned
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated by the hand and the French endorsement.
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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/C9440405/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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