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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bishop of Bangor. King. Bishop of Bangor The bishop requests that his burgesses of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13683
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This record is about the Bishop of Bangor. King. Bishop of Bangor The bishop requests that his burgesses of... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1335] 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 8/274/13683
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1335]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bishop of Bangor.
- Addressees
- King.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Bangor
- Nature of request
- The bishop requests that his burgesses of Bangor are not impeded by the sheriff and other bailiffs of the market towns of the counties of Anglesey and Caernarfon so that they are able to trade freely as they were formerly accustomed to do.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the justice of North Wales be written to that he permit the burgesses of the bishop of Bangor to permit them to trade with the king's men of Anglesey and Caernarfon as they were accustomed to do. The justice is to certify the king if there is any reasonable cause that they should not be allowed to trade.
- Places mentioned
- Bangor, [Caernarfonshire, Wales]
- Anglesey, [Wales]
- Caernarfonshire, [Wales].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is speculatively dated to c. 1307-c. 1335 on the basis of the hand. In Lewis's brief discussion of this petition, the suggested date seems to be early in the reign of Edward III (Lewis, Snowdonia, p.179).
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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)
- Latin
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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)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.459-60 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517630/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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