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Matthew Bromfeld of Shrewsbury, ironmonger. Bromfeld Matthew Commons in Parliament....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/105/5236

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

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Reference
SC 8/105/5236
Date
[? 1432]
Description
Petitioners
Matthew Bromfeld of Shrewsbury, ironmonger.
Name(s)
Bromfeld, Matthew
Addressees
Commons in Parliament.
Occupation
ironmonger
Nature of request
Through the authority of the present parliament the petitioner (who has been resident in England since he was ten years of age) seeks denizenship, with all the rights appertaining thereto etc.
Nature of endorsement
[On face] Let this be delivered to the lords.
Places mentioned
Shrewsbury, [Shropshire]
Wales
England.
Note
Dated by Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, p.162.
Related material

For a near-duplicate of this petition see SC 8/96/4754

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2657
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.162 (brief calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149806/

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