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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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The Burgesses of Carmarthen King and council The petitioners seek the extension of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/55/2748
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This record is about the The Burgesses of Carmarthen King and council The petitioners seek the extension of... dating from [1315] 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 8/55/2748
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- The Burgesses of Carmarthen
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioners seek the extension of a commission to repair the walls of the town through the collection of murage, which was originally granted for three years from 18 July 1312 and which will expire next August, and although the walls have been greatly repaired many faults remain and need to be rebuilt and reinforced against the assaults of the Welsh.
- Nature of endorsement
- An order to the justices to calculate how much murage has been collected and received and into whose hands it passed, and finally to enquire whether the murage was well used and how much more may be required and to certify in respect thereof.
- Places mentioned
- Kermerdyn (Carmarthen), [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1315 in Petitions Relating to Wales, p.80.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/55/2709
For another petition by the same petitioners see SC 8/156/7778
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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 1702
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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)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.80 (calendar and references)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.287 (grant of murage)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062966/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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