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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Griffith de Cautetone (Cantington), Archdeacon of Carmarthen de Cautetone (Cantington)...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/38/1878
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This record is about the Griffith de Cautetone (Cantington), Archdeacon of Carmarthen de Cautetone (Cantington)... dating from [? 1340] 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 8/38/1878
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? 1340]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Griffith de Cautetone (Cantington), Archdeacon of Carmarthen
- Name(s)
- de Cautetone (Cantington), Griffith
- Addressees
- King and council
- Occupation
- Archdeacon of Carmarthen
- Nature of request
- Cautetone states that his predecessor leased some land to the archdeacon of Cardigan for fifteen years. That archdeacon forfeited to the king's grandfather, and petitioned for its return in parliament. It was found by inquisition that he had a full right and the matter was ordered before the justices assigned to hold the plea for further discussion and the sheriff of Hereford was ordered to make people of the area come before them. They did not come because the writ was addressed to that sheriff. Cautetone requests that the justices be ordered that they order by their writs to the justice of Wales to make the people of the country come, and to enquire of Oweyn ap Griffith's right and return the inquisition before the justices so that right can be done to him
- Nature of endorsement
- Let the writ be ordered to the justices assigned to hold the pleas of the king that they order by their writ of judgement to the justices of Wales or his lieutenant that they make the people of the country come before the justices so assigned, and they do right.
- Places mentioned
- Carmarthen, [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
- Westminster
- People mentioned
- Meredith ap Gourwared, late Archdeacon of Carmarthen
- Oweyn ap Griffith, late archdeacon of Cardigan
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition might date to 1340 when a full exemplification of the record and process relating to the claim was enrolled (CPR 1338-40, pp.552-4). However, it is possible that this petition represents an earlier stage, and when the petitioner failed to reclaim his land further action followed. The guard dates the petition to?1328, but it remains unclear whether this has any real foundation.
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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 1539
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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), pp.51-2 (imperfect calendar of petition)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. IV, 1338-1340, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.552-4 (exemplification of the record and process concerning the land in question)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062081/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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