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Abbot of Strata Florida. King and council. Abbot of Strata Florida The abbot requests...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/73/3611

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Reference
SC 8/73/3611
Date
[c. 1334]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot of Strata Florida.
Addressees
King and council.
Occupation
Abbot of Strata Florida
Nature of request
The abbot requests that it be ordered to the justice of Wales that notwithstanding the confirmation obtained by Clement concerning his rights to have cognisance of pleas within the commote of Pennardd, that an inquisition saving the king and the house's estate as the abbot and his tenants from time out of memory have made all suits and pleas to the king's court at LLanbadarn. Clement has come with a charter and makes many extortions and mischiefs on the abbot's tenants.
Nature of endorsement
Let the justice be ordered that if it is as the petition alleges, then he be advised to take nothing before the inquisition is taken, notwithstanding the charter or confirmation with the clause licet, saving always the estate of the king. If he is in doubt or difficulty should arise by which he cannot proceed to judgement, then that he should inform the king and his council.
Places mentioned
Lampader (Llanbadarn Fawr), [Cardiganshire, Wales]
Pennarth (Pennardd) commote, [Cardiganshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Robert Clement
Gilbert Talbot, Justice of Wales.
Note
The petition dates to c. 1334 as Clement had an inspeximus and confirmation of his family's charters on 20 October 1334, and this was probably the origin of the petitioner's complaints (CChR 1327-41, p.320)
Related material

For a related petition see SC 8/240/11951

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 7282
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.105-7 (full summary of petition)
  • Calendar of Charter Rolls, vol. IV, 1-14 Edw III, 1327-1341, (Public Record Office, 1912), p.320 (inspeximus and confirmation of the charters of Robert Clement)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. II, 1281-1292, (Public Record Office, 1893), p.370 (grant to Clement's father of land and rent in the commote of Pennardd in enlargement of an earlier grant)
  • The Cistercian Abbey of Strata Florida: Its History, and an Account of the Recent Excavations Made on the Site, S. W. Williams, (, 1889), pp. xxxvii-xxxix (full edition and translation of petition).
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