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Abbot and convent of Cwmhir. King The petitioners request a speedy remedy for Charlton...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/41/2037

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Reference
SC 8/41/2037
Date
[1309-1318]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Cwmhir.
Addressees
King
Nature of request
The petitioners request a speedy remedy for Charlton has disturbed them and will not suffer them to take the profits from the lands and woods of Arwystli, which they have of the gift of Gwenwynwyn, late lord of Powys.
Nature of endorsement
John de Chorleton, one of the lords of the March is ordered to permit the abbot and convent to have and take their profits.
Places mentioned
Cwmhir, [Radnorshire, Wales]
Gales (Wales)
Arwystly (Arwystli), [Montgomeryshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Gwenwoennon (Gwenwynwyn), Lord of Powys
John de Cherleton (Charlton), Lord of Powys.
Note
The petition would seem to date to the period 1309-18. John de Charlton received the grant of the lordship on 26 August 1309 so that the petition must predate this by sometime for him to have prevented the abbot and convent from taking their profits (CFR 1307-19, p.48). Rees is quite probably correct that the petition must be before 1318 when the abbot had the house's charters confirmed, obtaining the confirmation relating to the house's struggles, and indeed one of the charters that was confirmed was that of Gwenwynwyn (CPR 1317-21, p.163).
Related material

For another petition by the same petitioners see SC 8/40/1972

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 1358
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.56-7 (full summary of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062243/

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