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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Shrewsbury. King and Council. [A section of this petition is missing...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/168/8394
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This record is about the Burgesses of Shrewsbury. King and Council. [A section of this petition is missing... dating from [1307] 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 8/168/8394
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Shrewsbury.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- [A section of this petition is missing from the left side.]The king's burgesses of Shrewsbury request a grant of murage, for the improvement of the town's walls and the repair of the tower towards the Welshry which has begun to collapse.
- Nature of endorsement
- They shall have murage for five years.
- Places mentioned
- Shrewsbury, [Shropshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The requested grant was made on 8 February 1307, suggesting that the petition was presented to the Carlisle parliament of January 1307.
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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)
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- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.493 (subsequent grant)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.199a (enrolment of response on parliament roll)
- 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), Vetus Codex 1307, appendix, no.70 (full edition and translation, with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294241/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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