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Rhys ap Howel Howel Rhys King and council [This petition is fragmentary.]Rhys ap...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/53/2619

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Reference
SC 8/53/2619
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
Rhys ap Howel
Name(s)
Howel, Rhys
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
[This petition is fragmentary.]Rhys ap Howel requests delivery of lands, tenements, fees and advowsons lost by reason of the quarrel of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster.
Nature of endorsement
This petition is to be sent to Chancery, and the Chancellor is to inform himself of the reason why the lands and other things contained in the petition were taken into the king's hand; and if they were taken into the king's hand because of the quarrel etc. and for no other reason, then the lands, tenements, fees and advowsons are to be restored, together with the issues and arrears which the king has not used.
People mentioned
[Thomas of Lancaster], Earl of Lancaster
Note
Dated to 1327 by Petitions Relating to Wales p.75. The petitioner was a supporter of Thomas of Lancaster and the contrariants against Hugh le Despenser.
Related material

Another petition from the same petitioner is SC 8/218/10895

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 253
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), p.75 (translation and calendar of petition)
  • Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. II, Edw III, (Record Commission, 1783), p.423 (orders to various keepers of lands forfeited by those involved in the rebellion of Thomas of Lancaster, including the keepers of the lands of Rhys ap Howel)
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