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John Monmouth, Bishop of Llandaff. Monmouth John King and council. Bishop of Llandaff...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/57/2809
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This record is about the John Monmouth, Bishop of Llandaff. Monmouth John King and council. Bishop of Llandaff... dating from [c. 1320-c. 1322] 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 8/57/2809
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1320-c. 1322]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- John Monmouth, Bishop of Llandaff.
- Name(s)
- Monmouth, John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- Bishop of Llandaff
- Nature of request
- The petitioner seeks a remedy for the Abbot of Glastonbury and his tenants of Bassaleg in Wales, who for some unknown reason have been distrained and had their goods seized and sold. He states that the Abbot made fine with Despenser in 200 marks concerning certain disputes between them in Wales, which sum the Abbot paid to Despenser and had his good quittance, whereupon Audley, supposing that the money was not paid which ought to have been paid to him, distrained the Abbot and his tenants.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let there be a writ for the king and the bishop and his tenants that he [Audley] ceases such distraints, because if the debt were due it would belong to the king, and let there be process.
- Places mentioned
- Glastonbury, [Somerset]
- Basselak (Bassaleg), [Monmouthshire, Wales]
- Wales.
- People mentioned
- Geoffrey Madgaires, Abbot of Glastonbury
- Hugh le Despenser, the son
- Hugh de Audley.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, p.83, indicates that internal evidence places this petition either in the early 1320s or at the very beginning of the reign of Edward III; the earlier date range is selected here.
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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 4954
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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), p.83 (summary of petition with references)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063029/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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