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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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Foreign English of Kidwelly. King. [This petition is badly damaged.]The foreign English...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/255/12723
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This record is about the Foreign English of Kidwelly. King. [This petition is badly damaged.]The foreign English... dating from [1403] 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 8/255/12723
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1403]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Foreign English of Kidwelly.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- [This petition is badly damaged.]The foreign English of Kidwelly request pardon [for all that they have done against the King's majesty], as they have repaired the walls of Kidwelly, destroyed by the Welsh rebels, according to the King's command, and ask that they [might hold their lands and goods] as fully and freely as they held them before.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] This petition was granted [by the King].[None on dorse]
- Places mentioned
- Kidwelly, [Carmarthenshire], Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1401-5 p.319 is dated 1 December 1403, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.428-429 (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. II, 1401-1405, (Public Record Office, 1905), p.319 (pardon to the petitioners, and grant that they might have their lands and goods)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440330/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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