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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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English people of Wales. King and lords of parliament. The petitioners state that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/148/7356
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This record is about the English people of Wales. King and lords of parliament. The petitioners state that... dating from [? 1447] 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 8/148/7356
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1447]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- English people of Wales.
- Addressees
- King and lords of parliament.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that the ability of Welshmen to obtain exceptions to the anti-Welsh statutes of Henry IV has enabled them to gain land and power in the English boroughs, towns and districts of Wales, and to oppress the English there. They ask either that these exceptions might be restricted, or that candidates might be obliged to find twelve sufficient Englishmen, living in the area and having lands and tenements to an annual value of £20, to approve them before they are exempted from the statutes in this way; and that they should also be obliged to find security for their good behaviour.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] It was delivered by the Chancellor on 19 February.[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Westminster
- Wales.
- People mentioned
- [Henry IV], King of England
- [Henry V], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated by Petitions Relating to Wales pp.248-9 to the parliament of 10 February 1447, which would agree with the endorsement saying that it was presented on 19 February. Another petition on a similar subject is enrolled on the roll of this parliament (Rot. Parl. vol. V, pp.138-139).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/113/5610
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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.248-9 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209540/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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