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Burgesses and merchants of Carnarfon.2) People of the garrison of Caernarfon.3) Masons...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/131/6507
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This record is about the Burgesses and merchants of Carnarfon.2) People of the garrison of Caernarfon.3) Masons... dating from [1296-1297] 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 8/131/6507
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1296-1297]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- 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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, pp. 222-4.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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
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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 6184
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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.222-224 (summary of petitions and responses)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9208689/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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