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Burgesses of Caernarfon. King and council. [This petition is badly faded, and much...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/259/12920

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SC 8/259/12920
Date
[? c. 1310-? c. 1330]
Description
Petitioners
Burgesses of Caernarfon.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
[This petition is badly faded, and much of it is illegible.]The burgesses of Caernarfon make three requests:1) They state that their town has been battered by the sea and burnt down by the Welsh, so that it is on the point of destruction. An inquisition was held by Roger de Mortimer, but was not acted upon, so that the damage is now much worse. They request an ordinance for the salvation of their town.2) They request repair of a dam, which contributes to their farm.3) They state that their lands are to small and barren to sustain them, without aid from Ireland, Cheshire and Anglesey, but that they are now prevented from getting supplies from there. They ask that they might be served with victuals from these places.
Nature of endorsement
The Chamberlain of Caernarfon is to be ordered . . . quay of Caernarfon . . . to the sum of £100, on the advice . . . and ordinance of the justice or anyone he wants to put in his place, until the quay is finished.[Another, broadly similar looking, response to the first petition is deleted.]With regard to the second: the same Chamberlain is to be written to . . . to make the dam sufficient by . . ..With regard to the third: the Justice of North Wales is to be written to, to permit the people of the King's town of Caernarfon to receive victuals from the county of Anglesey. And the Justice of Cheshire and the Justice of Ireland are to be written to, to permit the aforesaid people [to take victuals] in their bailiwicks for the support of their town, provided that the Justice of North Wales testifies by his letters patent that they are people of the King's aforesaid town.
Places mentioned
Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales]
Ireland
Cheshire
Anglesey, [Wales].
People mentioned
John Walweyn
Roger de Mortimer, Justice.
Note
Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and the Latin endorsement.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9440533/

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