Burgesses and merchants of Carnarfon.2) People of the garrison of Caernarfon.3) Masons...

Petitioners

Burgesses and merchants of Carnarfon.2) People of the garrison of Caernarfon.3) Masons and cutters of stone, carpenters and boatmen at Caernarfon;4) People of Caernarfon;5) Ellen de Liverepol (Liverpool);6) Henry de Preston and the other merchants of Lancaster.7) Burgesses of Beaumaris.8) William de Chire.

Name(s)

de Liverepol (Liverpool); de Chire, Ellen; William

Addressees

King.

Nature of request

[Eight separate petitions on a roll entitled 'These are the petitions of North Wales'].1) The burgesses and merchants of Caernarfon request repayment of loans as they cannot build the town or profit from their land.2) The people of the garrison of Caernarfon request payment of the arrears [of their wages].3) The masons and others request payment of wages.4) The people of Caernarfon request that they can hold their lands by charter with the same liberties as those of Conway and Beaumaris.5) Liverepol requests payment for malt taken from her by Felton.6) Preston and the other merchants of Lancaster request payment for corn, flour and meat taken from them by Felton.7) The burgesses of Beaumaris request payment for all manner of goods and services on the works there.8) Chire requests payment for . . . of Beaumaris.

Nature of endorsement

[On face:]1) To be spoken of with the king.2) To be spoken of with the king.3) To be spoken of with the king and afterwards etc. The king will send money to those parts for payment to be made.4) To be spoken of with the king, and afterwards by Havering they should have their charter.5) To be spoken of with the king.6) To be spoken of with the king.7) To be spoken of with the king.8) To be spoken of with the king.[On dorse, none].

Places mentioned

Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales]

Conway, [Caernarfonshire, Wales]

Beaumaris, [Anglesey, Wales].

People mentioned

Henry de Preston

J[John] de Haveryng (Havering)

William de Felton, constable of Beaumaris.

For transcript, see p.127 of PRO 31/7/92

For another petition probably by the same petitioners as part 7 of this petition on the same matter, see SC 8/320/E425

For another petition on the same matter, see SC 8/312/E35

For another petition by the same petitioners as part 6 of this petition on the same matter, see SC 8/320/E424

For another petition on a related matter, see SC 8/324/E624