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Silkworkers of London and England. Commons in Parliament. The silkworkers of London...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/336/15891

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This record is about the Silkworkers of London and England. Commons in Parliament. The silkworkers of London... dating from [1483] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/336/15891
Date
[1483]
Description
Petitioners
Silkworkers of London and England.
Addressees
Commons in Parliament.
Nature of request
The silkworkers of London and England request that it be decreed that no foreign merchant or other bring into the realm for sale any bands, girdles, ribbons, lace, caul or Cologne silk, thrown or woven, to endure for four years.
Nature of endorsement
The King wills it.
Places mentioned
London.
People mentioned
Jews
Saracens.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. VI, Edw IV, Ric III and Hen VII, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.222b-223a (no.27) (edition of 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), January 1483, no.27 (full edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736279/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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