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English burgesses in the English borough towns of North Wales. King and council....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/261/13029

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Reference
SC 8/261/13029
Date
[1343-1376]
Description
Petitioners
English burgesses in the English borough towns of North Wales.
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The English burgesses in the English borough towns of North Wales state that Edward I, shortly after the conquest of Wales, established borough towns in North Wales, namely Caernarfon, Conway, Beaumaris, Criccieth, Harlech, Y Bala, Rhuddlan, and Flint, with English burgesses to live in them, and granted various liberties and franchises to each town by his charter. These charters were confirmed by Edward II, by the present King, and by the Prince, but the Prince's ministers for various reasons no longer allow the delivery by their fellow-burgesses of burgesses indicted of things supposed to have been done within the bounds contained in the charters, contrary to the tenors of these charters. They request writs to the Prince and the Justices of North Wales and of Chester, or their lieutenants, to allow these burgesses to be delivered by their fellow-burgesses, and to allow all the franchises and liberties in the charters.
Nature of endorsement
It is to be done.
Places mentioned
North Wales
Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire], Wales
Conway, [Caernarfonshire], Wales
Beaumaris, [Anglesey], Wales
Criccieth, [Caernarfonshire], Wales
Harlech, [Merioneth], Wales
Y Bala, [Merioneth], Wales
Rhuddlan, [Flintshire], Wales
Flint, [Flintshire], Wales.
People mentioned
Edward [I], King of England
Edward [II], King of England
[Edward of Woodstock], Prince of Wales.
Note
Dated to the period when the Black Prince was Prince of Wales, and, from the hand, probably to later rather than earlier in this period.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.439-40 (calendar of petition)
  • The Medieval Boroughs of Snowdonia, E.A. Lewis, (, 1912), pp.296-7 (edition of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516973/

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