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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Marcher lords of the Welsh marches, both prelates and other lords. King and council...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/145/7249
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This record is about the Marcher lords of the Welsh marches, both prelates and other lords. King and council... dating from [? 1381-? 1382] 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 8/145/7249
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1381-? 1382]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Marcher lords of the Welsh marches, both prelates and other lords.
- Addressees
- King and council in parliament.
- Nature of request
- The marcher lords of the Welsh marches, both prelates and other lords, complain that they are often harmed by accusations tried by inquisitions of Welsh people, and ask that it might be ordained in this parliament that in future that no justices in these parts hold inquisitions on any accusations or actions against English people by Welsh juries, and vice versa.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Welsh marches
- Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated on the guard to '? 1381-2', without further explanation. This date is consistent with the hand and the language, but the date of 1335 tentatively suggested by Petitions Relating to Wales pp.244-5 is surely too early.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition on a related matter see SC 8/12/562
For another petition on a related matter see SC 8/123/6140
For transcript, see no.78 of PRO 31/7/108
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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.244-5 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209432/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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