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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Griffith (Gruffydd) Donne. Donne Griffith (Gruffydd) King. Griffith Donne requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/24/1157
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This record is about the Griffith (Gruffydd) Donne. Donne Griffith (Gruffydd) King. Griffith Donne requests... dating from 1421 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 8/24/1157
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1421
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Griffith (Gruffydd) Donne.
- Name(s)
- Donne, Griffith (Gruffydd)
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- Griffith Donne requests that he might be made able, by authority of this present parliament, to purchase lands and tenements in England, and in the English boroughs and towns in Wales, and to enjoy all liberties and franchises as freely as any Englishman, although, as he is Welsh, an ordinance of the king's progenitors prevents him from purchasing lands and tenements in England, or in English boroughs and towns in Wales.
- Nature of endorsement
- Soit baille as seignurs (It is to be delivered to the lords) (on front).The response to this petition, and the petition itself, are enrolled on the roll of the parliament held at Westminster on 2 May in the ninth year of the reign of King Henry, the fifth since the conquest.
- Places mentioned
- Wales.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 2656
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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)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), p.131a (transcription of petition on parliament roll, with response: text unmodified)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9061325/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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