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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Tailors and linen-armourers of London. King and council. The tailors and linen-armourers...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/260/12978
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This record is about the Tailors and linen-armourers of London. King and council. The tailors and linen-armourers... dating from [1327] 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 8/260/12978
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Tailors and linen-armourers of London.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The tailors and linen-armourers of London state that their guild has been brought into disrepute by foreigners who were not ruled by their guild-meeting. They ask that in future they might hold their guild-meeting every year to rule their craft and correct all faults, through the Mayor and the best and most suitable people of the guild; that no-one should have a stall or shop in their craft who is not a freeman of the city; and that no-one should be enfranchised except on the testimony of the best people of the guild.
- Nature of endorsement
- What is requested by the petition is to be done, on the advice of the Mayor etc.
- Places mentioned
- London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1327 by Clode, Merchant Taylors, vol. I pp.344-5, and by CPR 1327-30 p.29, which is dated 10 March 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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.29 (power to the tailors and linen-armourers to hold a guild-meeting once a year, as requested)
- The Early History of the Guild of Merchant Taylors, vol. I, C.M. Clode, (P.T. Malling, 1888), pp.344-5 (translation of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516922/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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