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Matthew Bromfeld (Bromfield) of Shrewsbury, fishmonger. Bromfeld (Bromfield) Matthew...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/96/4754

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This record is about the Matthew Bromfeld (Bromfield) of Shrewsbury, fishmonger. Bromfeld (Bromfield) Matthew... dating from [? 1432] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/96/4754
Date
[? 1432]
Description
Petitioners
Matthew Bromfeld (Bromfield) of Shrewsbury, fishmonger.
Name(s)
Bromfeld (Bromfield), Matthew
Addressees
Commons of parliament.
Occupation
fishmonger
Nature of request
Matthew Bromfeld, who was born in Wales but has lived in England since he was 10, asks the commons to ask the King, with the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal of the present parliament, and by authority of the said parliament, that he and the heirs of his body might become denizens.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Let it be delivered to the lords.[None on dorse].
Places mentioned
Shrewsbury, [Shropshire]
Wales.
Note
Dated on the guard to '? 1432', with reference to SC 8/105/5236. Dated to 1432 by Petitions Relating to Wales p.148.
Related material

For a near-duplicate of this petition, see SC 8/105/5236

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 962
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.148 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149318/

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