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Pelterers of London. King and council. The pelterers (skinners) of London state that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/260/12977
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/260/12977
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1320-1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Pelterers of London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The pelterers (skinners) of London state that with their assent certain articles were ordained for the common profit of the realm, which have not been kept as they should, leading to old furs being sold as new. They ask that good people of their guild might be appointed to search their craft in the city, under the supervision of the Mayor's serjeants, so that if any false workmanship is discovered it might be forfeited to the Mayor and people. They also ask that they might similarly be able to search the fairs of Boston, Winchester, St Ives, Stamford and Bury St Edmunds, with forfeitures to the lord of the fair. And they ask that these points might be confirmed in this parliament, giving them a charter or commission for warranty.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is to be done as is requested by this petition, provided that the commissions are to be made to the bailiffs of the fairs and to two of [the craft from] London to do in the same fairs what will be done in London.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Seint Botolf, (Boston), [Lincolnshire]
- Winchester, [Hampshire]
- St Ives, [Huntingdonshire]
- Stamford, [Lincolnshire]
- Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by 'Records of the Skinners of London', pp.27-8 to the later years of the reign of Edward II, the period immediately before the granting of a charter to the guild in 1327.
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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)
- Records of the Skinners of London, Edward I to James I, ed. J.J. Lambert, (Harrison and Sons, 1933), pp.27-8 (facsimile and edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516921/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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