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Robert de Poley (Polee). de Poley (Polee) Robert King. Poley requests that the office...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/268/13369

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Reference
SC 8/268/13369
Date
[1328]
Description
Petitioners
Robert de Poley (Polee).
Name(s)
de Poley (Polee), Robert
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Poley requests that the office of alnage be held and established for the king's profit as the workers of cloth have put false bills to parliament concerning the alnage of cloth in the county following an inquisition into the matter.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Westminster
Norfolk.
People mentioned
Workers of worsted in Norfolk.
Note
The petition dates to 1328 in part because it must date with related petitions and because the order for an inquisition into the actions of the ulnager was superseded on 15 June 1328 presumably as a consequence of the petition (CCR 1327-30, p.395).
Related material

For a related document, see SC 8/313/E105

For the petition with which this petition was formerly enclosed, see SC 8/268/13364

For a petition by the workers of worsted, see SC 8/17/811

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1896), p.395 (order to those assigned to hold an inquisition into the question of the action of the ulnager to supersede the order until further notice)
  • Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.934 (inquisition into the assise of worsted in Norwich)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), pp.297-8 (commission to hold an inquisition into the question of the action of the ulnager)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.28a-b (no.50) (edition of later copy of original related petition)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum II, pp.13-30, no.50 (summary of references)
Record URL
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