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Abbot and convent of Cwmhir. King and council The petitioners had of the gift and...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/40/1972
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/40/1972
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1323]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Cwmhir.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The petitioners had of the gift and foundation of ap Madoc and other lords late of Maelienydd their lands, woods, wastes and pastures in Maelienydd with all their profits and liberties in pure and perpetual alms, and held them until disturbed by Mortimer who was lord of the land wrongly and without reason so that they cannot do or use their liberties. The land has come into the hand of the Earl of Kent by the gift of the king following Mortimer's forfeiture. They request a speedy remedy according to what they had before the coming of Mortimer; and let it be enquired by the people of the country that they had all manner of profits of woods, wastes and pastures and used all manner of liberties.1)
- Nature of endorsement
- They should have a writ in Chancery to the earl of Kent as to a lord of March that he should permit them to have the lands, tenements, woods and wastes according to the charter of the donors, and let there be further process.2) They should show what profits they took and what liberties they had.3) Coram domino rege.
- Places mentioned
- Comhire (Cwmhir), [Radnorshire, Wales]
- Mellenyth (Maelienydd), [Radnorshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Cadwallan ap Madauk (Madoc)
- Roger de Mortimer
- Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For another petition by the same petitioners on a related matter see SC 8/41/2037
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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 1503
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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)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.54-5 (full summary of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062176/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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