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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Owen ap Madoc Vaghan. ap Madoc Vaghan Owen King and council. Owen requests remedy...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/80/3981
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This record is about the Owen ap Madoc Vaghan. ap Madoc Vaghan Owen King and council. Owen requests remedy... dating from [c. 1322-c. 1331] 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 8/80/3981
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1322-c. 1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Owen ap Madoc Vaghan.
- Name(s)
- ap Madoc Vaghan, Owen
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Owen requests remedy and that the justice of Wales or his lieutenant be ordered to enquire by good and law-worthy men of the country of the wrong done to him by Mortimer who took and imprisoned him, and ransomed him for 400 marks without judgment
- Nature of endorsement
- It is ordered to the justice of South Wales to enquire of the cause of the taking and imprisonment. If they find it to be for a reasonable cause then they are to certify the king, and if they find that he was taken, imprisoned and ransomed without cause or process, then they are to take sufficient mainprise to answer when the king wishes to discuss the delivery.
- Places mentioned
- Cardiganshire, [Wales].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Mortimer, late justice of Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition could date to the fall of the Mortimers in 1322 or to the fall of Roger Mortimer in 1330. A date of 1322-c. 1331 has been adopted to cover these eventualities, and in agreement with Rees (Petitions Relating to Wales, p.116).
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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 8818
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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.116 (full calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9107757/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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