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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Shrewsbury. King. The Abbot and convent of Shrewsbury state...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/240/11982
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Shrewsbury. King. The Abbot and convent of Shrewsbury state... dating from [? 1309] 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 8/240/11982
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1309]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Shrewsbury.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The Abbot and convent of Shrewsbury state that their founder, Earl Roger of Belleme, who came over with the Conqueror, granted them a fair at Lammas [I August] to last for three days, and that this was confirmed by William the Conqueror and has been by every king since. Now the burgesses of Shrewsbury are claiming a fair for three days at the feast St James (25 July), to ruin the monks' fair, and in support of this they have produced a charter which, however, they will not allow anyone to read. The monks request a remedy.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Shrewsbury, [Shropshire].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Belleme (Montgomery), Earl [of Shrewsbury]
- William [I], King of England
- burgesses of Shrewsbury
- [Edward I], King of England.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Probably enclosed with CCW 1244-1326 p.290, which is dated 7 July 1309.
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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 Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326, (Public Record Office, 1927), p.290 (mandate to give the petitioners a remedy)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9335546/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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