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Burgesses of Newborough. King and council The burgesses request a confirmation of...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/3/134

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This record is about the Burgesses of Newborough. King and council The burgesses request a confirmation of... dating from [1320] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/3/134
Date
[1320]
Description
Petitioners
Burgesses of Newborough.
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
The burgesses request a confirmation of their charter of enfeoffment given to them by Edward II when he was prince of Wales.
Nature of endorsement
The burgesses should go to the chancellor and treasurer and show their charter, and make a fine.
Places mentioned
Neweburgh (Newborough), [Anglesey, Wales]
People mentioned
Burgesses of Rhuddlan.
Note
The petition is dated to 1320 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.365 for the parliament held on Monday in the octave of St Michael, 14 Edward II.
Related material

For another later petition relating to the borough charter, see SC 8/12/566

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 6188
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.26 (calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. IV, 1321-1324, (Public Record Office, 1904), p.407 (enrolled confirmation)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.373a (no.20) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060253/

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