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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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Merchant vintners of Gascony. Council. Merchant vintners of Gascony The merchant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/294/14682
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This record is about the Merchant vintners of Gascony. Council. Merchant vintners of Gascony The merchant... dating from [? c. 1295-? c. 1320] 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 8/294/14682
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1295-? c. 1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Merchant vintners of Gascony.
- Addressees
- Council.
- Occupation
- Merchant vintners of Gascony
- Nature of request
- The merchant vintners of Gascony state that when they cannot sell their wines in England soon enough after they have unloaded them to pay the masters of the ships their freight within the term allotted, the Mayor and Sheriffs of London, at the complaint of the ships' masters, have the wines valued to pay the masters by taverners of London only, against their will and the tenor of their charter, which says that in each plea in which they implead or are impleaded, half the inquest is to be taken by merchants from the Duchy. They request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Mayor and Sheriffs of London are to be ordered by writ of Chancery to do justice concerning the contents of the petition, according to the custom of the city; otherwise, they are to sue against them in the Exchequer.
- Places mentioned
- Gascony, [France]
- London
- Duchy [of Aquitaine (Guyenne), France].
- People mentioned
- Mayor and Sheriffs of London
- taverners of London.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand.
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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/C9735845/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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