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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Morvyth (Morweth) ap Hywel, widow of Ieuan ap Hywel, of the commote of Eifionydd....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/89/4439
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/89/4439
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Morvyth (Morweth) ap Hywel, widow of Ieuan ap Hywel, of the commote of Eifionydd.
- Name(s)
- ap Hywel, Morvyth (Morweth)
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- Morvyth, widow of Ieuan ap Hywel, of the commote of Eifionydd, asks that the Justiciar might be ordered to hold an inquisition, half of English men, half of Welshmen, in a plea of debt between her, on behalf of her late husband, a Welsh free tenant, and John Colyer of Harlech, an Englishman.
- Nature of endorsement
- The Justiciar is to be ordered that if the custom of the country allows it, he is to do it.
- Places mentioned
- Eifionydd commote, Caernarfonshire, [Wales]
- Harlech, [Merioneth, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Ieuan ap Hywel, husband of petitioner
- John Colyer of Harlech.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to c. 1305 by Petitions Relating to Wales pp.131-2.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.40 of PRO 31/7/70
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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 225
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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.131-2 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148983/
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Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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