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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Bailiffs of Roger de Mortimer . . . of Nanheudwy, Mochnant, Cynllaith and Carreghova....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/92/4570
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This record is about the Bailiffs of Roger de Mortimer . . . of Nanheudwy, Mochnant, Cynllaith and Carreghova.... dating from [c. 1297] 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 8/92/4570
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1297]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Bailiffs of Roger de Mortimer . . . of Nanheudwy, Mochnant, Cynllaith and Carreghova.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged and very little sense can be made of much of the petition].1) The bailiffs requests remedy for a raid made on the lands of Mortimer by the people of the earl of Arundel from Oswestry . . .2) They further requests remedy for the death of . . . according to the usage of . . .3) The people of Carreghofa request . . .4) The people of Mortimer request remedy as they have been imprisoned . . .1)
- Nature of endorsement
- To the first article it is orders that they make delivery of those imprisoned . . . according to the custom of those parts.2) To the second article let it be sent to the justices and they should do justice to them.3) To the third article they should hear . . . the king made of various forfeitures after the last war.4) To the fourth article . . . the king to be amended . . . will.
- Places mentioned
- Nanheudwy, [Denbighshire, Wales]
- Mochnant, [Denbighshire, Wales]
- Cynllaith, [Denbighshire, Wales]
- Carreghofa (Carreghova), [Shropshire]
- Oswestry, [Shropshire].
- People mentioned
- Roger de Mortimer of Cynllaith
- [Edmund Fitz Alan], Earl of Arundel.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition dates to c. 1297 as it makes reference to the raid being made on the Saturday after the feast of the Ascension, 25 Edward I.
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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 561
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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.142-4 (partial edition of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9149118/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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