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Prior and convent of Carmarthen King and council The poor petitioners seek a reduction...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/55/2711

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This record is about the Prior and convent of Carmarthen King and council The poor petitioners seek a reduction... dating from [1329] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/55/2711
Date
[1329]
Description
Petitioners
Prior and convent of Carmarthen
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
The poor petitioners seek a reduction in the annual instalment they pay to the exchequer on an accumulated debt of £800 for their priory, from £40 per year to £20 per year, proportionate to the amount established in chancery for their temporalities and spiritualities of £63 11s 3d.
Nature of endorsement
Let them have abatement in £20.
Places mentioned
Southgales (South Wales)
Kermerdyn (Carmarthen), [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
Note
From Petitions Relating to Wales, p. 78.
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/55/2712

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4574
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.78 (calendar and references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062929/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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