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Liege people of the town of Ludlow. King. The people request that they are granted...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/327/E859

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This record is about the Liege people of the town of Ludlow. King. The people request that they are granted... dating from [? 1294-? 1317] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/327/E859
Date
[? 1294-? 1317]
Description
Petitioners
Liege people of the town of Ludlow.
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
The people request that they are granted murage for the term of 5 years so that they are able to rebuild the walls as the people of the country around come to the town to save their bodies and their goods and chattels when the Welsh levy war, but the walls are in decay so that the people cannot shelter there.
Nature of endorsement
[None].
Places mentioned
Ludlow, [Shropshire].
Note
The petition is dated to? 1294-? 1317 as murage was granted to the town on three occasions between those dates, 1294, 1299 and 1304 (CPR 1292-1301, pp. 75, 415; CPR 1301-7, p. 230). The wording of the petition suggests a date close to the Welsh wars so that perhaps the earlier date is most likely as Rees believed (Petitions Relating to Wales, p.524), though the hand does not seem quite that early. There were subsequent grants of murage in 1312 and 1317, and these cannot be ruled out (CPR 1307-13, p. 518; CPR 1313-17, p.672).
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
  • Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.524 (calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. III, 1292-1301, (Public Record Office, 1895), pp.75, 415 (grants of murage for 5 years)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.230 (grant of murage for five years)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. I, 1307-1313, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.518 (grant of murage for five years)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw II, vol. II, 1313-1317, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.672 (grant of murage for five years)
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