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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Community of Wales, of North Wales and South Wales. King and council. The community...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/6/255
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This record is about the Community of Wales, of North Wales and South Wales. King and council. The community... dating from [1322] 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 8/6/255
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of Wales, of North Wales and South Wales.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The community of Wales states that when Roger de Mortimer, the nephew, and Roger de Mortimer, the uncle, who had the keeping of Wales, took and occupied castles, towns, and other goods, against the king, they rose up against them, on the king's behalf, although they should have considered them as their lords. Now they learn that their lands in Wales will be given back to the Mortimers, and from threats that the Mortimers have made to them, they fear that they will not be able to hold their lands or live in them in peace, but will be ruined. Therefore they request that the Mortimers not be given grace of their lands or lordship in Wales, threatening to defend themselves against them if necessary.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Mortimers are in the king's keeping at his will. And the king will ordain what is to the benefit of his subjects.
- Places mentioned
- Wales
- North Wales
- South Wales.
- People mentioned
- Roger de Mortimer, the nephew
- Roger de Mortimer, the uncle.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1322 because the petition refers to the imprisonment of the Mortimers after the failed baronial revolt of that year.One of a collection of petitions published on pages 387ff of Rot. Parl., vol I., which all seem to date from around 1322. This dating is confirmed by PROME, Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rotuli Parliamentorum I, pp. 387-415, which dates these petitions to 15 or 16 Edward II (1321-1323).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A related petition is SC 8/256/12799
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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 3852
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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.30 (calendar of petition)
- Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.400a-b, no.76 (full edition of original petition)
- The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Appendix of Unedited Petitions, 1307-1337, Rot. Parl. vol. I, pp.387-415, no.76 (summary of references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9060375/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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