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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William Biryton and Robert Thornes, bailiffs of Shrewsbury, and the community of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/299/14935
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This record is about the William Biryton and Robert Thornes, bailiffs of Shrewsbury, and the community of... dating from [1395-1399] 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 8/299/14935
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1395-1399]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William Biryton and Robert Thornes, bailiffs of Shrewsbury, and the community of Shrewsbury.
- Name(s)
- Biryton; Thornes, William; Robert
- Addressees
- Chancellor.
- Occupation
- bailiffs of Shrewsbury
- Nature of request
- The bailiffs and community of Shrewsbury complain of their attorneys, Thomas Pryde, Nicholas Gerard and Philip Biryton, stating that because of a great fire that burned down the church of St Chad and a great part of their town the King, on 28 December in his eighteenth year, granted to them that they would be quit of their fee farm for three years, so that they could repair their town, and also pardoned them the two half-tenths granted in the Winchester parliament, and that Thomas Pryde received the money due for the two half-tenths and £25 of the £90 for the farm, and is withholding it from them.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Shrewsbury, [Shropshire]
- Winchester, [Hampshire].
- People mentioned
- Thomas Pryde (Pride), attorney of the bailiffs and community of Shrewsbury
- Nicholas Gerard, attorney of the bailiffs and community of Shrewsbury
- Philip Biryton, attorney of the bailiffs and community of Shrewsbury.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1395-1399 with reference to the grant made on 28 December 18 Richard II (1394).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/299/14942
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Chancery Files 455.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9518138/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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