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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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SC 8/168/8394
Date
[1307]
Description
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].
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • 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)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294241/

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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

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