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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Griffin ap Howel of the county of Anglesey. ap Howel Griffin King and council. Howel...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/161
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This record is about the Griffin ap Howel of the county of Anglesey. ap Howel Griffin King and council. Howel... dating from [1320] 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 8/4/161
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1320]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Griffin ap Howel of the county of Anglesey.
- Name(s)
- ap Howel, Griffin
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Howel shows that he holds the lands of his cousin who died in prison in the war with Llewelyn, prince of Wales, and which were granted him by the king. However, they were extended by the sheriff beyond the annual rent value which he ought to pay, so that he requests that he should pay the services, dues and customs for which the land was previously held.A further request concerning lands in the king's hand.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- The justices are ordered to enquire of the truth of this, and inform the king.2) Coram rege domini
- Places mentioned
- Anglesey, [Wales].
- People mentioned
- Howel ap Goronoo, cousin germane of the petitioner
- Llewelyn [ap Gruffudd], prince of Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1320 by the heading in Rot. Parl., vol I, p.365 for the parliament held on Monday in the octave of St Michael, 14 Edward II.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 9085
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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)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.27 (full calendar of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), pp.379b-380a (no.78) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060281/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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