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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Nicholas de Moleton, burgess of Haverfordwest; William de Pyketon, burgess of Haverfordwest....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/61/3017
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This record is about the Nicholas de Moleton, burgess of Haverfordwest; William de Pyketon, burgess of Haverfordwest.... dating from [c. 1289] 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 8/61/3017
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1289]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Nicholas de Moleton, burgess of Haverfordwest; William de Pyketon, burgess of Haverfordwest.
- Name(s)
- de Moleton; de Pyketon, Nicholas; William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- burgess of Haverfordwest
- Nature of request
- The petitioners request that their goods which the bailiffs of the Valences arrested from them be delivered, and that those of them who have been imprisoned be released, and those of them that have been outlawed be mainprised during the case. The petitioners complain of the Valences and their bailiffs of Pembroke as the burgesses of Haverfordwest and their predecessors during the time of the Marshals were not accustomed to answer outside of the borough before anyone except their bailiffs in any manner of plea. The Valences and their bailiffs distrain them to answer in their county of Pembrokeshire or elsewhere in the county with or without writ which they were not accustomed to do at any time. If they do not answer they are imprisoned, put out of their homes or outlawed or amerced at will.
- Nature of endorsement
- It is agreed by the justices that the promulgation of outlawry be superseded, and that others be by mainprise etc. until the quindene of Easter.
- Places mentioned
- Haverfordwest, [Pembrokeshire, Wales]
- Pembrokeshire, [Wales].
- People mentioned
- William de Valence, [Earl of Pembroke]
- Joan [de Valence], [Countess of Pembrokeshire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition probably dates to c. 1289 when the rights of the Valences in Haverfordwest were being examined by commissions (CPR 1281-92, pp.330-1, 398). Although the commissions are clearly pertinent to the petition, neither seems to be in response to the petition, or to be examining the matter from the point of view of the petitioner. However the dissention between the Valences and the commonalty of Haverford went back much further as an earlier commission of 1284 reveals, so it is quite possible for this petition to be somewhat earlier (CPR 1281-92, p.145).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition, see SC 8/152/7553
For another related petition, see SC 8/219/10932
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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 5575
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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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- A Calendar of the Public Records relating to Pembrokeshire, vol. I, ed. H. Owen, (, 1911), p.35 (edition of petition)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.88 (full summary of petition with references)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.145 (commission of oyer and terminer concerning the long-running dissension between Valence and the commonalty of Haverford) & pp.330-1, 398 (commissions concerning the rights of the Valences in Haverfordwest)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106779/
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