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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Rhuddlan. King. The burgesses of Rhuddlan request the customs and franchises...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/309/15405
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This record is about the Burgesses of Rhuddlan. King. The burgesses of Rhuddlan request the customs and franchises... dating from [c. 1284] 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 8/309/15405
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1284]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Rhuddlan.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Rhuddlan request the customs and franchises that the King promised them, with the usages and franchises of the town of Hereford. Up to the present they have used Welsh [law] causing many people to leave the town.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None].
- Places mentioned
- Rhuddlan, [Denbighshire, Wales]
- Hereford, [Herefordshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, p. 491.
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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 Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.491 (translation of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529002/
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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