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Llewelyn ap Gruffydd ap Yereward (Iorwerth) of the hundred of Aberffraw in the county...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/58/2873

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Reference
SC 8/58/2873
Date
[c. 1318]
Description
Petitioners
Llewelyn ap Gruffydd ap Yereward (Iorwerth) of the hundred of Aberffraw in the county of Anglesey.
Name(s)
ap Gruffydd ap Yereward (Iorwerth), Llewelyn
Addressees
King and council.
Nature of request
The petitioner seeks Pencehedlaeth in the form that his father held it, especially as it would in no way turn to the prejudice of the king. He shows that he and his father and their ancestors, in the time of kings and princes had Pencehedlaeth over their coparceners of the lineage of Hwfa ap Cynddelw, which Llewelyn could not lay claim to or pursue because of his lack of power and his youth after the death of his father.1)
Nature of endorsement
Let the justice be ordered to inform the king on the points contained in the petition, such that the king may do more what would seem right to be done by law and according to the custom of the country.2) Let the petition be made over to the Justice of Wales.
Places mentioned
Aberffraw, [Anglesey, Wales]
Anglesey, [Wales].
People mentioned
Edward II, King of England
Hwyfa ap Cynddelw.
Note
Dated in Petitions Relating to Wales, pp.84-5.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 4805
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.84-5 (summary of petition and references)
  • Documents Illustrative of English History in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, selected from the Records of the Department of the Queen's Remembrancer of the Exchequer, Ed. H. Cole, (Record Commission, 1844), p.39 (summary of petition on parliament roll)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9063093/

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