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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Community of Shropshire. King and council. The community of Shropshire requests a...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/331/15688
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This record is about the Community of Shropshire. King and council. The community of Shropshire requests a... dating from [? c. 1329] 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 8/331/15688
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1329]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Shropshire.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The community of Shropshire requests a writ to the bailiffs and keepers of Ludlow to surcease from taking murage until they have returned their accounts for the last 15 years to the Exchequer. The bailiffs and keepers of Ludlow were granted murage for 15 years, but take so much money from the said community and others coming there to trade that few dare to come to the town. They also keep a great amount of the money for themselves, employing only one quarter of what they have collected on the town. They have now purchased another grant of murage for the next 5 years.
- Nature of endorsement
- Certain people should be assigned to examine the accounts of the collectors of the said murage, and if it is found that they have levied more than they have used to repair the walls, then they should be made to use the money to repair the walls, and to further do whatever their account demands.
- Places mentioned
- Shropshire
- Ludlow, [Shropshire].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Mortimer.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1329 when the men of Ludlow were granted murage for 12 years after completion of a grant for 6 years (CPR 1327-30, p. 443).
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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 Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), p.443 (grant to men of Ludlow of murage for 12 years after completion of a grant for 6 years)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9683099/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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