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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Mayor and citizens of Exeter. King. The mayor and citizens of Exeter complain that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/264/13158
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This record is about the Mayor and citizens of Exeter. King. The mayor and citizens of Exeter complain that... dating from [c. 1305] 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 8/264/13158
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Mayor and citizens of Exeter.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The mayor and citizens of Exeter complain that Swansea by virtue of letters patent takes such outrageous carriage in the city for carrying cinders to the King's mines that no loads for furnaces come into the town.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- Devon.2) A writ should be sent out of Chancery to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to call the parties before them and, after hearing their reasons, to do justice on the contents of the petition.
- Places mentioned
- Exeter, [Devon]
- Devon.
- People mentioned
- Thomas de Sweynesie (Swansea).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees to c. 1305, since it was in this year that Swansea was appointed keeper of the mine of Devon and Cornwall (CPR 1301-7, p. 331).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a petition from the same petitioners see SC 8/264/13160
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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.446-7 (translation of petition with references)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.331 (1305 appointment of Swansea as keeper of the mine of Devon and Cornwall)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517104/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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