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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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Gawain de Suthorp and the moneyers of the Exchange of London. de Suthorp Gawain King...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/261/13007
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This record is about the Gawain de Suthorp and the moneyers of the Exchange of London. de Suthorp Gawain King... dating from [1335-? 1340] 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 8/261/13007
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1335-? 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Gawain de Suthorp and the moneyers of the Exchange of London.
- Name(s)
- de Suthorp, Gawain
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Places mentioned
- London
- York.
- Nature of request
- Gawain de Suthorp and the moneyers of the Exchange of London state that they have complained that an ordinance made at the last parliament at York in the King's ninth year about how money should be minted was proving too costly for them. An inquisition was ordered into at what cost the master and workers could make this coin, and this inquisition has been returned in Chancery. They ask that it may be examined, and that a warrant might be sent to the Keeper of the Exchange to pay them in accordance with the findings of the inquisition.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Datable with reference to the parliament at York in the King's ninth year (1335): this petition would seem to date from shortly afterwards. Possibly datable to 1340, if it was formerly enclosed with no.13150 of C 81/267, which is dated 30 May 14 Edward III (1340).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a warrant to examine the petition and the inquisition, and to give the petitioner a suitable remedy, see no.13150 of C 81/267
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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/C9516951/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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