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Community of Rhuddlan. King. The community of Rhuddlan make four requests.1) They...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15651
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This record is about the Community of Rhuddlan. King. The community of Rhuddlan make four requests.1) They... dating from [c. 1295-c. 1296] 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 8/331/15651
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1295-c. 1296]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Rhuddlan.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The community of Rhuddlan make four requests.1) They request the King's grace because they were burned in the last war, as was found by inquisition before the justice of Cheshire and Havering, and cannot afford their rents.2) They request aid concerning an inquisition into the bridge of Rhuddlan.3) They request that they may use the woods of Llewenny and Baghegrek according to their charter, without interference from Earl of Lincoln's bailiffs and foresters of Denbighshire.4) They request a charter.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- To the first article etc. Reginald was ordered to send the said inquisition of the said burnings and then do to them what should be done etc.2) To the second article concerning the bridge, they should have a writ to Reginald to cease any inquisition etc.3) Concerning the rest, they should await whatever inquisition Reginald will send etc.4) To the third, the justice of the place should be ordered in writing to go to the place ... and the Earl of Lincoln should cause the King's ordinance to be observed in all points etc.5) To the fourth article, ... they are burned and impoverished [they should have] the King's grace [by] charter of liberty etc.
- Places mentioned
- Rhuddlan, [Flintshire, Wales]
- Chester, [Cheshire]
- Llewenny, [Denbighshire, Wales]
- Baghegrek, [unidentified], [Wales]
- Denbighshire, [Wales].
- People mentioned
- Reginald [de Grey], justice of Chester
- John de Haveringge (Havering)
- [Henry de Lacy], Earl of Lincoln
- John de Blakeburne (Blackburn), bailiff of the Earl of Lincoln in Denbighshire.
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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), pp.498-9 (transcription of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683062/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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