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Rhys ap Marewudd. ap Marewudd Rhys King and council 1) Marewudd requests that the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/63/3122
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/63/3122
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1284-1287]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Rhys ap Marewudd.
- Name(s)
- ap Marewudd, Rhys
- Addressees
- King and council
- Nature of request
- 1) Marewudd requests that the king will grant him the value of the castle of Dynevor and of the land that pertains to the castle elsewhere in the land where it is less to the king's hurt. The castle is his right and was promised to him by Chaworth once it was conquered.2) Marewudd requests a writ to the king's bailiffs of Dynevor to distrain Howel ap Griffyn to do the suit owed to him for Llansadwrn which he has withdrawn since being knighted.3) Marewudd requests that the king will forbid his bailiffs of Dynevor from disturbing the abbot of Dynevor from doing the service to Marewudd, which service he ought to do of right.
- Nature of endorsement
- [None]
- Places mentioned
- Dynevor, [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
- Llansadwrn, [Carmarthenshire, Wales]
- Talyllychau (Talley), [Carmarthenshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Payn de Chauworth (Chaworth)
- Rhys Vaghan
- Howel ap Griffyn
- Abbot of Talyllychau (Talley).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated on the basis of the evidence presented by Rees to 1283-1287. Marewudd went into revolt in 1287 concerning the failure of the king to grant him the castle of Dynevor. The earlier date of 1283 is based on the date of the Welsh War (Petitions Relating to Wales, pp.97-8).
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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 9175
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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), pp.97-8 (full summary of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9106885/
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