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Petitioners

Henry Gower, Bishop of St David's.

Name(s)

Gower, Henry

Addressees

King and council.

Occupation

Bishop of St David's

Nature of request

The bishop states that the late earl of March held the land of Newhouse from his church for 8 marks per annum. The king has had the land valued at 7 marks. As the bishop cannot distrain the king for the rent to the disinheritance of him and his church, he requests that the king grant to him the rent during his term since the grant would be profitable to the king according to the inquisitions taken by his own extent.1)

Nature of endorsement

It seems to the council that if the inquisitions are returned into Chancery as the petition supposes, the petition is reasonable if it pleases the king.2) It pleases the king.

Places mentioned

Newhouse, [Pembrokeshire, Wales].

People mentioned

Roger Mortimer, Earl of March.

For a duplicate of this petition, see m.1 of E 142/73

• Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.33 (brief calendar of petition)
• Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.113 (appointment to the bishop of custody of the manor) & p.188 (grant to the bishop in enlargement of the earlier letter)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.392a (no.79) (full edition of original petition)