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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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Heirs, executors, administrators and land tenants of all the king's lieges of England...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/324/E661
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This record is about the Heirs, executors, administrators and land tenants of all the king's lieges of England... dating from [1337-1338] 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 8/324/E661
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1337-1338]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Heirs, executors, administrators and land tenants of all the king's lieges of England from whom the king took wool at Dordrecht.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that they be granted a general pardon of forfeiture for both those of them who are obliged by judgment, and those upon which it is still continued in demand as they shipped wool properly cocketed by the standard weights of the Exchequer, and the wool was taken to the king's use at Dordrecht and reweighed there by the weights of those parts which are less in quantity than those of the Exchequer standard, and because of which the wool was found to weigh more at Dordrecht by which they are aggrieved by process of the Exchequer.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Dordrecht, [Netherlands].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1337-1338 as it seems likely that the reference to the taking of wool at Dordrecht refers to the king's attempts to raise additional revenue from the wool export at that time.
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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/C9682655/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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