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Town of Shrewsbury. Commons in parliament. Request concerning the rights of the town...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/139/6919

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This record is about the Town of Shrewsbury. Commons in parliament. Request concerning the rights of the town... dating from [1433] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/139/6919
Date
[1433]
Description
Petitioners
Town of Shrewsbury.
Addressees
Commons in parliament.
Nature of request
Request concerning the rights of the town of Shrewsbury.
Nature of endorsement
Memorandum concerning a grant for three years in accordance with the petition.
Places mentioned
Shrewsbury, [Shropshire].
Note
See PROME, parliament of 1433, appendix no. 35 for the relationship of this petition to Rot.Parl., vol. IV, pp. 476-80.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. IV, Hen V and Hen VI, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.476-480 (related documents)
  • The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), parliament of 1433, appendix no. 35 (summary of relationship between this and other documents relating to the rights of Shrewsbury in 1433)
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209103/

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