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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of Yale, Bromfield, Chirk and the lordship of Oswestry. King. The people request...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/268/13399
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This record is about the People of Yale, Bromfield, Chirk and the lordship of Oswestry. King. The people request... dating from [1401] 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 8/268/13399
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1401]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of Yale, Bromfield, Chirk and the lordship of Oswestry.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The people request the grant of a general charter of pardon, as the four counties of North Wales have.
- Nature of endorsement
- [The response is largely illegible:]On 18 March, 2 Henry IV, . . . Caernarfon, Anglesey, Merioneth and Flint . . . Denbigh . . . the earls of Northumberland and Worcester, the secretary and John Prophet.
- Places mentioned
- Yale, [Denbighshire, Wales]
- Maelor (Maelor Gymraeg, Bromfield), [Denbighshire, Wales]
- Chirk, [Denbighshire, Wales]
- Oswestry, [Shropshire]
- Anglesey, [Wales]
- Caernarfonshire, [Wales]
- Merioneth, [Wales]
- Denbighshire, [Wales]
- North Wales.
- People mentioned
- [Henry Percy], Earl of Northumberland
- [Thomas Percy], Earl of Worcester
- John Prophete (Prophet).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1401 as a pardon was granted on 10 May 1401 (CPR 1399-1401, pp.451-2), and the response to the petition is dated to 18 March 1401 [2 Hen. IV].
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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), p.456 (calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen IV, vol. I, 1399-1401, (Public Record Office, 1903), pp.451-2 (pardon to the petitioners and others)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517346/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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