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Burgesses of Haverfordwest. King. The burgesses of Haverfordwest request that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/219/10932
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This record is about the Burgesses of Haverfordwest. King. The burgesses of Haverfordwest request that the... dating from [1282-1290] 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 8/219/10932
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1282-1290]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Haverfordwest.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Haverfordwest request that the king order justices to determine matters in their dispute with William de Valence. Firstly they state that William de Valence has distrained the burgesses to appear in the county of Pembroke, contrary to their right only to be empleaded before the bailiffs of their town. Secondly they complain that although the king has suspended all contentions between the town and Valence from 7 April 1282 until six weeks after Michaelmas next, and that 140 burgesses were outlawed by mainprise, Valence has entered their town and held three sessions of the court, contrary to their franchise.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Haverford (Haverfordwest), [Pembrokeshire, Wales]
- Pembrokeshire, [Wales].
- People mentioned
- William de Valence.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition refers to 7 April 10 Edward I [1282], and is dated by Rees to the period 1282-1290 within the context of the wider dispute over the lordship of Haverfordwest.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition see SC 8/61/3017
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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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- A Calendar of the Public Records relating to Pembrokeshire, vol. I, ed. H. Owen, (, 1911), p.36 (edition of petition)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.366 (summary translation, with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9334491/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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