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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Carmarthen. King and council. The burgesses of Carmarthen state that...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/295/14713
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This record is about the Burgesses of Carmarthen. King and council. The burgesses of Carmarthen state that... dating from [? c. 1300-? c. 1330] 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 8/295/14713
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? c. 1300-? c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Carmarthen.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Carmarthen state that the Porteref (Portreeve) of Carmarthen, who collects the king's money [and delivers it at] the Exchequer, and his heirs are charged with that sum, each for his own time, so that those who pay their farms and debts to him are not charged again in his default, while he is able to pay. They also state that the Porteref will be chosen in this way: the burgesses will choose four suitable burgesses and present them to the Constable of Carmarthen, who will choose one on behalf of the king.
- Nature of endorsement
- They are to have a writ to the king's Receiver of Carmarthen, who is now or who will be for the time being, that they are to have the king's farms and monies, levied by the provost of the same town, levied from the aforesaid provost and his heirs, provided that they are sufficient for this.
- Places mentioned
- Carmarthen, [Carmarthenshire, Wales].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Tentatively dated on the basis of the hand and language.
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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.474 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9735876/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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