Robert Clement. Clement Robert King and council. Robert Clement states that the King's...

Petitioners

Robert Clement.

Name(s)

Clement, Robert

Addressees

King and council.

Nature of request

Robert Clement states that the King's grandfather granted the commote of Penardd to Geoffrey Clement, his father. After his death, Geoffrey Clement, his brother entered, then he did, and was seised until Roger de Mortimer, on a false suggestion concerning Elene, wife of Meredydd Vauwhan, seized them into the King's hand. He requests a remedy.

Nature of endorsement

Coram rege et magno consilio.

Places mentioned

[Penardd] commote, [Cardiganshire, Wales].

People mentioned

[Edward I], King of England

Geoffrey Clement, father of petitioner

Geoffrey Clement, brother of petitioner

Roger de Mortimer

Elene [Vauwhan (Fychan)] wife of Meredydd Vauwhan (Fychan)

Meredydd Vauwhan (Fychan).

For a petition probably concerning a dispute over this same land see SC 8/49/2410

For a petition of Elene, wife of Meredydd Vauwhan, on this matter, see SC 8/98/4853

For the letters patent granting this commote to the petitioner's father, see SC 8/98/4851

• Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), pp.154-5 (calendar of petition)
• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.486 (order to deliver the lands to Robert, as Elene has not been found to have a right to them)
• Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no. 1292 (two inquisition into this matter)