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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses and Foreigners of Denbigh. King. The petitioners ask to be sent the help...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/105/5218
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This record is about the Burgesses and Foreigners of Denbigh. King. The petitioners ask to be sent the help... dating from [c. 1403-c. 1405] 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 8/105/5218
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1403-c. 1405]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses and Foreigners of Denbigh.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask to be sent the help of enough sergeants-at-arms and archers to keep the town of Denbigh, and reward for their long travail. They state that for the past four years they have (at their own request), continued the watch and ward of the town, without any refreshment of men or wages and have often been robbed and burned by the rebels there, and several times they have received the king's letters of signet and privy seal that mention that they ought to be helped, but as yet none comes; and, moreover, if they are not relieved between now and the feast of All Saints, the town will be lost shortly thereafter.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Denbigh, [Denbighshire, Wales].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, pp.161-2; and see SC 8/96/4759.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/96/4759
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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 2598
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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), pp.161-2 (summary of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149788/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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