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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot of Blaunchelaunde (Whitland). King Abbot of Blaunchelaunde (Whitland) The abbot...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/4/165
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This record is about the Abbot of Blaunchelaunde (Whitland). King Abbot of Blaunchelaunde (Whitland) The abbot... 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 8/4/165
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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
- Abbot of Blaunchelaunde (Whitland).
- Addressees
- King
- Occupation
- Abbot of Blaunchelaunde (Whitland)
- Nature of request
- The abbot requests that he may be able to have a sergeant to speak for them in pleas, and to have a jury of 12 men according to the laws of England, as they are denied this in pleas under Welsh law to their great damage.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- The justice of Wales and Richard ap Griffyth were called on this petition and stated that it was not to the damage of the king if he granted this.2) The king does not wish that the laws be changed.3) Coram rege et consilio.
- Places mentioned
- Blaunchelaunde (Whitland), [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
- Gales (Wales).
- People mentioned
- Richard ap Griffuth.
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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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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/34/1681
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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 431
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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 (calendar of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.380a (no.79) (Latin summary of petition on parliament roll)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060285/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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