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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Cutlers of London. King and council. The cutlers of London make three requests:1)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/260/12975
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This record is about the Cutlers of London. King and council. The cutlers of London make three requests:1)... dating from [? c. 1320-? c. 1350] 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 8/260/12975
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1320-? c. 1350]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Cutlers of London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The cutlers of London make three requests:1) They ask that they might have their franchise as other guilds do, so that no other guild should interfere with them or their craft, but that they might be ruled by loyal and suitable people from their own guild, so that no aliens or others may set up as cutlers, and any who do might be punished by these people and have their false workmanship forfeited.2) They ask that any substandard workmanship by members of their guild might also be corrected by these people, and judged by people of their guild, so that their franchise is not harmed.3) They ask that they might have the same franchise in every city and borough of England.
- Nature of endorsement
- What is requested by this petition is to be done, . . . the Mayor, saving what concerns gold and silver, which is to be done by the goldsmiths and those of the craft mentioned here by the advice of the Mayor. And with regard to other good towns of England, the King will do and ordain in the same manner.
- Places mentioned
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of 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/C9516919/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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