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John de Monmouth, Bishop of Llandaff. de Monmouth John King and council. Wales March...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/86/4270

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Reference
SC 8/86/4270
Date
[? 1320]
Description
Petitioners
John de Monmouth, Bishop of Llandaff.
Name(s)
de Monmouth, John
Addressees
King and council.
Places mentioned
Wales
March of Wales.
Nature of request
The Bishop of Llandaff states that although by right administration of the goods of those who have died intestate belongs to the prelates and ordinaries of Holy Church, several lay lords in Wales and the March are usurping this right, and occupying the goods of those who have died intestate. He requests a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
He is to clarify who these are, and sue a writ in Chancery, and he will have it in a suitable form.
Note
A note inserted into this file, written by R. L. Atkinson on 3 May 1932, reads, 'Nos. 4270-4300 are copied in R.C. Transcripts I 156, and apparently from part of an original file of petitions to the parliament of Michaelmas 1320. Cf. Parl. Proc. (Chancery) 5/4'. C 49/5/4 is merely a label, 'The petitions of William de Herlaston from the King's parliament held at Westminster at the octave of Michaelmas in his fourteenth year, which were answered by the auditors of petitions, delivered into Chancery to be expedited': nevertheless, this petition is tentatively dated to 1320, as many of those in the file that can be dated seem to come from that year. The date of '? 1389' given by Petitions Relating to Wales pp.126-7 seems too late for the hand.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 5203
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.126-7 (calendar of petition)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148812/

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