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Saddlers of London. King and council. The saddlers of London request that for their...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/263/13120

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Reference
SC 8/263/13120
Date
[1395]
Description
Petitioners
Saddlers of London.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The saddlers of London request that for their good government the King grant that they may have a commonalty of themselves, and that they may yearly elect four wardens from the same for its rule and governance and the corrections of defaults therein, and may acquire in mortmain lands, tenements and rents in London and without, to the yearly value of £20, in aid of the support of the infirm aged poor of their craft and of one chaplain.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Fine of £60.
Places mentioned
London.
Note
Dated on the guard to 1395, with reference to CPR 1391-6, p. 560, a licence for a commonalty of saddlers in London in accordance with this petition.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. V, 1391-1396, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.560 (licence for a commonalty of saddlers in accordance with this petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517064/

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