Acton Burnell, a Shropshire parish, 8 miles SSE. of Shrewsbury. At the ruined castle here was held, in 1283, a parliament of Edward I., which carried the 'Statute of Merchants' for the recovery of debts. See DEBT.
Acton Burnell
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 43
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