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Iorwerth ap Griffi of Snowdon. ap Griffi Iorwerth King. Iorwerth ap Griffi of Snowdon...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/89/4443

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This record is about the Iorwerth ap Griffi of Snowdon. ap Griffi Iorwerth King. Iorwerth ap Griffi of Snowdon... dating from [c. 1321] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
SC 8/89/4443
Date
[c. 1321]
Description
Petitioners
Iorwerth ap Griffi of Snowdon.
Name(s)
ap Griffi, Iorwerth
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Iorwerth ap Griffi of Snowdon states that the King had granted him the office of woodward of the commote of Ardudwy, to hold at pleasure, and now asks, in recognition of his good service to the King's father in Wales and Scotland, that he might hold it for term of life.
Nature of endorsement
The King is not minded to remove any of his good ministers or bailiffs while they behave themselves well, because of which it seems to him that that estate ought to be sufficient for him. And the Justiciar is to be ordered that he is not to be removed while he behaves himself well.
Places mentioned
Snowdon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales]
Ardudwy commote, [Merioneth, Wales]
Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales]
Wales
Scotland.
People mentioned
[Edward I], King of England.
Note
CFR 1319-27 p.79 is dated 16 November 1321.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 237
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), p.132 (calendar of petition)
  • Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. III, Edw II, 1319-1327, (Public Record Office, 1913), p.79 (grant of office to petitioner)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9148987/

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