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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bakers and victuallers of Coventry. Chancellor. The bakers and victuallers of Coventry...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/300/14960
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This record is about the Bakers and victuallers of Coventry. Chancellor. The bakers and victuallers of Coventry... dating from [? 1379] 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 8/300/14960
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1379]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bakers and victuallers of Coventry.
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Nature of request
- The bakers and victuallers of Coventry state that it was established by the statute of Winchester, and has been used throughout the realm since time immemorial, that all bakers are to make their bread of a certain weight according to the price of a quarter of wheat, but that the Mayor of Coventry is forcing them to make their bread of a heavier weight, to their great impoverishment. They request letters patent under the great seal that their bread is to be of the correct weight and assize according to the statute of Winchester, and not otherwise.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Coventry, [Warwickshire]
- Winchester, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Mayor of Coventry.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1377-81, p.335 is dated 22 March 1379, and seems likely either to be in response to this petition or to show that this was an ongoing problem.
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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)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric II, vol. I, 1377-1381, (Public Record Office, 1895), p.335 (exemplification, at the request of the bakers of Coventry, of the ordinances of the assize of bread and ale, and of the composition of money and measures made in the time of the King's progenitors)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518163/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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