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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of the bishop of St David's of Llandeilo. King and council The burgesse...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/42/2061
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This record is about the Burgesses of the bishop of St David's of Llandeilo. King and council The burgesse... dating from [c. 1318] 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 8/42/2061
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1318]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of the bishop of St David's of Llandeilo.
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- The burgesse requests remedy as they are distrained by the bailiffs of Dynevor to pay 7d. for each brewing of ale against reason since they are not their tenants.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be ordered to the justice of the South Wales that he not permit the tenants of the bishop to be distrained by the bailiffs of the king to do other services than those that they are accustomed to do for brewing or for other things, and let it be ordered by the king's writ.
- Places mentioned
- Landeylau Vaur (Llandeilo), [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
- Dynevor (Dinefwr), [Carmarthenshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Bailiffs of Dynevor.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition seems to postdate an inquisition into the matter taken in December 1317 (CIM 1307-49, no.343).
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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 2466
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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.57 (full summary of petition)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.343 (writ and inquisition into the matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062267/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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