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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Merchants of England and all the alien merchants. King and council. The merchants...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/329/E939
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This record is about the Merchants of England and all the alien merchants. King and council. The merchants... dating from [c. 1300-c. 1325] 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 8/329/E939
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1300-c. 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchants of England and all the alien merchants.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The merchants request remedy and that the king will grant a special privilege of the court of the steward that they are able to have executions of pleas, judgments and recognizances that are pending in that court concerning debts for loans that they otherwise have no means of recovery for or for which the costs and length of time for the hearing of the plea are too great.
- Nature of endorsement
- Nothing is able to be done because it is against the Magna Carta.
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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)
- Select Cases in the Court of King's Bench, vol. III, Edw I, Ed. G.O. Sayles, (Selden Society, vol. LVIII, 1939), p.cxxv (entry c) (full edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9682934/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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