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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Welsh of Cantref Mawr. King. The petitioners state that, from the time of Rees ap...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/119/5937
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/119/5937
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1309]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Welsh of Cantref Mawr.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that, from the time of Rees ap Maredudd they were not charged with the maintenance of the bailiffs of the four commotes, and nor did the King send a bailiff except to make summonses. The King now sends a bailiff, for which they are charged, to their great burden, and they request grace.
- Nature of endorsement
- [on face] Six parts.If such a bailiff did not exist in the time of Rees, let him be deposed and let them have a writ for this.[on dorse] Six parts of one cantref of Cantref Mawr.
- Places mentioned
- Cantref Mawr, [Carmarthenshire, Wales].
- People mentioned
- Rees (Rhys) ap Maredudd.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated by Rees, Petitions Relating to Wales, to 1309, with reference to CIM 1307-49, no.68.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For transcript, see p.124 of PRO 31/7/92
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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 4665
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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)
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- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.200 (calendar of petition and discussion)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. II, Edw II - 22 Edw III, (Public Record Office, 1916), no.68 (inquisitions into bailiffs in Cantref Mawr)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150621/
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