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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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 Shrewsbury. King and council. The burgesses request confirmation of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/322/E549
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This record is about the Burgesses of Shrewsbury. King and council. The burgesses request confirmation of... dating from [? 1300-? 1325] 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 8/322/E549
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1300-? 1325]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Shrewsbury.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses request confirmation of their charters that they have the king's ancestors with the addition of a clause that they are use liberties contained in their charters that through negligence have become disused without disturbance.
- Nature of endorsement
- Peter Mallory and John de Kirkby should examine the charter.
- Places mentioned
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
- People mentioned
- Peter Malorre (Mallory)
- John de Kirkeby (Kirkby).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to? 1300-? 1325 on the basis of the hand of the petition. There is an inspeximus which seems to be made in accordance with the request, but it dates to 1337 which appears far too late for the hand (CChR 1327-41, p.390).
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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 Charter Rolls, vol. IV, 1-14 Edw III, 1327-1341, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.390 (inspeximus and confirmation in accordance with the request, but seemingly too late for the hand of the petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9529601/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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