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York Merchants of the Staple of England

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Date: 1400-1978
Places:
  • York, Yorkshire
Functions, occupations and activities: Guilds > Merchants and other retailers
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C19532 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O48102 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
15th cent-1978: charter, book of ordinances, minute books, corresp etc
Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York
STAPLE
NRA 34686 Company
2
1563-1585: membership list, account of shipping
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Lansdowne Ms 47/35, 6/12
3
1420: corresp re trade with Amsterdam
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Cotton Ms GALBA B1/125, 127, XII, ff.127-9
4
1564: declaration of merchants to Quueen's council
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Cotton Ms VESP C.XIII 269
5
articles
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Cotton Ms FAUST C.11 94
6
1620-22: petition (with answers) re decay of trade amongst Englishmen
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add Ms 34324 ff. 191, 203-7
7
1463, 1617, 1565, 1619-1927: register of royal grants, company ordinances, minute books
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add Ms 43847-43852
8
1669: royal confirmation of privileges of company
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add Ms CH 70834
9
1889-1951: membership lists and corresp with British Museum
Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York
STAPLE
See Annual Return 2017, Acc 2017/048