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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Poor people of Wales. King and lords of parliament. The petitioners ask that henceforth...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/145/7250
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This record is about the Poor people of Wales. King and lords of parliament. The petitioners ask that henceforth... 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 8/145/7250
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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
- Poor people of Wales.
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners ask that henceforth no one might be appointed Justice of North Wales or of South Wales who is not sufficiently learned in the law, and of good standing, and of sufficient wealth that he does not need to live by extortion, as the poor people of those parts are very far from the succour and aid of the law if they are wronged.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- North Wales
- South 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 1321-1322 tentatively suggested by Petitions Relating to Wales p.245 is surely too early.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see no.79 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), p.245 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209433/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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