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Community of commote of Penllyn. King. The community of the commote of Penllyn make...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/66/3263
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This record is about the Community of commote of Penllyn. King. The community of the commote of Penllyn make... dating from [c. 1315] 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 8/66/3263
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1315]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Community of commote of Penllyn.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The community of the commote of Penllyn make two complaints:1) They state that they pay 5s. every year for the upkeep of buildings, but that the king's ministers are now distraining them to make the buildings, and they still have to pay the 5s. They ask that they might be discharged from one of the two.2) They complain that the king's ministers are distraining them for work on a bridge in Penllyn, whereas this used to be done from money given in alms.
- Nature of endorsement
- [On face] The Justiciar is to be ordered to inquire and to do full justice.
- Places mentioned
- Penllyn commote, [Merioneth, Wales]
- Penllyn, [Merioneth, Wales].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Petitions Relating to Wales, p.101 to 1315 on the basis of an order for an inquiry in that year to discover the true annual value of Penllyn (CCW 1244-1326 p.410). There seems no reason why this should be related: however, the petition may well be from roughly that date.
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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 6631
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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.101 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107034/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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