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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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King's free tenants of North Wales. King and council The tenants request that they...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/64/3179
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This record is about the King's free tenants of North Wales. King and council The tenants request that they... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1316] 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 8/64/3179
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- King's free tenants of North Wales.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The tenants request that they be able to sell their lands according to the usage in England so that they are relieved of their great mischief and hardship which they suffer from day to day. Because they cannot sell or give their lands according to the laws and customs of England they are greatly impoverished by the laws of inheritance.
- Nature of endorsement
- The king is not at all advised to do away with the ancient customs of Wales.
- Places mentioned
- North Wales, [Wales].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has been dated to 1307-16 on the guard, though it is not clear what justification is used for this dating. However, since the petition displays the hallmarks of an early fourteenth century request this span of time would seem quite plausible.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition in part referring to the same problem see SC 8/4/187
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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 6222
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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)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.99 (summary of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106942/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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