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Griffin ap Eynnyaun (Einion) and his brother. ap Eynnyaun (Einion) Griffin King....

Catalogue reference: SC 8/112/5582

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This record is about the Griffin ap Eynnyaun (Einion) and his brother. ap Eynnyaun (Einion) Griffin King.... dating from [1280] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SC 8/112/5582
Date
[1280]
Description
Petitioners
Griffin ap Eynnyaun (Einion) and his brother.
Name(s)
ap Eynnyaun (Einion), Griffin
Addressees
King.
Nature of request
Ap Eynnyaun and his brother request justice be done to them, and the king's protection as they recovered the manor of Lankenny by an assize of mort d'ancestor against Owein, but were then ousted by Llewelyn's men and they have not been able to recover the manor despite making suit before the justices.1)
Nature of endorsement
Llewelyn does not permit execution of judgment etc.2) Bishop of Bath and Wells should have within the hundred etc.3) It is noted that John de Vallibus etc.
Places mentioned
Montgomery, [Montgomeryshire, Wales]
Lankenny (Nancennin), [Denbighshire, Wales].
People mentioned
Walter de Hopton, Justice
Owein ap Griffin ap Madoc
Llewelyn [ap Griffin ap Madoc], brother of Owein
[Robert Burnell], Bishop of Bath and Wells
John de Vallibus.
Note
Dated by Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, pp. 179-80.
Related material

For transcript, see p.75 of PRO 31/7/92

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 3585
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Latin
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.179-80 (calendar of petition and references)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150249/

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