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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of Winchester and Salisbury, and other merchants of the land who come to...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/261/13045
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This record is about the Merchants of Winchester and Salisbury, and other merchants of the land who come to... dating from [1334-1335] 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 8/261/13045
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1334-1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of Winchester and Salisbury, and other merchants of the land who come to Southampton.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Merchants of Winchester and Salisbury
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that the merchants of England have always been accustomed to buy all kinds of merchandise within the franchise of Southampton, from denizens and foreigners, on land, on the water, and on ships moored there, paying the proper customs, but that the burgesses of Southampton will not now let any merchant, foreign or denizen, buy merchandise on the water within the franchise, but insist that they must buy the goods first, and that others must purchase from them; driving the prices up, and harming the merchants and the community. They request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- Everyone who wishes to complain is to have a writ to the Mayor and Bailiffs, to allow him to buy freely, both on land and on the water, within the precinct of the town, in accordance with the answer given to the petition of the commons.
- Places mentioned
- Winchester, [Hampshire]
- Salisbury, [Wiltshire]
- Southampton, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Burgesses of Southampton.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Ascribed in Rot. Parl. vol. II p.87a-b (no. 59) to 8 Edward III (25 January 1334-24 January 1335).
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.87a-b (no.59) (full edition of later copy of original petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516989/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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