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Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Conway. King. The burgesses request the king grant them a further £100...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/274/13687
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This record is about the Burgesses of Conway. King. The burgesses request the king grant them a further £100... dating from [1316] 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 8/274/13687
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1316]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Conway.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses request the king grant them a further £100 to complete the construction of the town's quay.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the justice and chamberlain of North Wales be ordered to inspect the account of £100 within [...] and certify the king of how much has been expended [...] that in this part for the king [...] to be done.
- Places mentioned
- Conway, [Caernarfonshire, Wales].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to 1316 as the chamberlain of Caernarfon was ordered to expend an additional sum of £100 on the repair of the quay at Conway on 4 August 1316 (CCR 1313-18, p.357).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another near contemporary petition by the same petitioners on a related matter, see SC 8/40/1981
For another petition by the same petitioners complaining of the decay of the town walls, see SC 8/188/9365
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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)
- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1318, (Public Record Office, 1893), pp.178, 357 (order to expend £100 on the repair of the key, and order to expend an additional £100)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9517634/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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